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brytems
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Hello everybody!
I heard that in noth America is not necessary to learn the verbs in past tenses. I saw it on a TV program. For example now you can say: I played soccer yesterday or I did play soccer yesterday both sentences are correct, of course in affirmative sentences you can use the auxiliar "did" and the verb in base form. I am wondered, I do not know if it is true. you can research it! and share it for all english teachers.
see you soon
best regards. |
26 Oct 2010
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kamaelamini
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Hi, I played soccer yesterday : This is the ordinary use of the simple past However I did play soccer yesterday the use of Did is for the emphatic form and this is what makes the difference between the two sentences. Nowadays I think there �s a tendency in American use pf the present perfect instead of the simple past to talk about fulfilled actions. eg: I saw the man /I �ve seen the man Ihope these hints will be helpful Best regards |
26 Oct 2010
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lizsantiago
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yes, both are correct, in the second one the did is used to emphazise that you did the action |
26 Oct 2010
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kamaelamini
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Hi, I played soccer yesterday : This is the ordinary use of the simple past However I did play soccer yesterday the use of Did is for the emphatic form and this is what makes the difference between the two sentences. Nowadays I think there �s a tendency in American use pf the present perfect instead of the simple past to talk about fulfilled actions. eg: I saw the man /I �ve seen the man Ihope these hints will be helpful Best regards
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26 Oct 2010
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yanogator
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"I did play soccer yesterday" is grammatically correct, but is never used just as a simple past statement of fact. As the others said, we use "did" as an emphatic form, especially when defending something or correcting a contradiction.
Hey, John. I played soccer yesterday.
No, you didn �t. You stayed home all day.
You �re just wrong. I did play soccer yesterday.
No one (in the US, at least) would use "did" in the first sentence of this conversation.
Bruce |
27 Oct 2010
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