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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
About "Last time"
If I ate a chocolate cake 3 days ago and another one the day before but that time with whipped cream.
Then can I say "last time I ate chocolate cake I had it with whipped cream."
Can I say that or will it be incorrect grammar?
I'm having a discussion with my girlfriend and she thinks that's the correct way to say it.
However, as I learnt english, that'll be incorrect because "last time" is the very previous time you did it eg. the time I had no whipped cream.
Then can I say "last time I ate chocolate cake I had it with whipped cream."
Can I say that or will it be incorrect grammar?
I'm having a discussion with my girlfriend and she thinks that's the correct way to say it.
However, as I learnt english, that'll be incorrect because "last time" is the very previous time you did it eg. the time I had no whipped cream.
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The grammar isn't at issue the meaning is. In the kind of context you're talking about "last time" means the time immediately preceding now . ", your listener would think your were talking about the cake you ate on Wednesday.
- The grammar isn't at issue the meaning is.
- In the kind of context you're talking about "last time" means the time immediately preceding now .
- ", your listener would think your were talking about the cake you ate on Wednesday.
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The grammar isn't at issue the meaning is.
In the kind of context you're talking about "last time" means the time immediately preceding now.
If you ate cake on Monday, then again on Tuesday, then again on Wednesday and it is now Friday and you talked about "The last time I ate cake...", your listener would think your were talking about the cake you ate on Wednesday.
In the kind of context you're talking about "last time" means the time immediately preceding now.
If you ate cake on Monday, then again on Tuesday, then again on Wednesday and it is now Friday and you talked about "The last time I ate cake...", your listener would think your were talking about the cake you ate on Wednesday.
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Let's take this for example then
"My arms gotten bigger since I went school, cuz last time the sleeves of this hoodie was bigger"
(sleeves was bigger as in loose)
Let's say I started school august 2008 and ended june 2010.
Now to the question..
When is this last time?
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Posted again because I typed wrong at the first post.
"My arms gotten bigger since I went school, cuz last time the sleeves of this hoodie was bigger"
(sleeves was bigger as in loose)
Let's say I started school august 2008 and ended june 2010.
Now to the question..
When is this last time?
Note:
Posted again because I typed wrong at the first post.
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Anonymous"My arms gotten bigger since I went school, cuz last time the sleeves of this hoodie was bigger""Last time" is not very useful in this sentence -- it doesn't refer to anything specific. That's not the sentence's only problem, though. I see four errors (not counting the ambiguous "last time") -- want to try to correct them?
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