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nhatminh0904
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please help me: He asked me ",Did you go shopping last night?
� He asked me if I went shopping the night before.
Can I use the simple past tense here if I don �t want to change into the past perfect? Thanks in advance
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6 Nov 2011
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maryse pey�
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He asked me if I HAD GONE shopping the night before.
That way the chronology is respected. |
6 Nov 2011
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-eva
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As far as I know, in Rep Speech, simple past can be kept as such in the tense backshift, it �s a kind of exception. So both sentences, the simple past and the past perfect one are grammatically correct, aren �t they?
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6 Nov 2011
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teachervani
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You can use simple past or past perfect.. both are correct. |
6 Nov 2011
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MoodyMoody
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Personally, "He asked me if I �d gone shopping the night before" sounds better. But I hear the other all the time from other native speakers, so go for it. |
7 Nov 2011
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