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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Bring/brought

What brings you here today? ( Is this an idiom)

What brought you here today? (Is it asking for the thing that brought him here?)

Also,what brought you here today can the answer be one thing/more than one thing?

Differences?
  

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michaelting What brings you here today? Yes, it's an idiom. What was your reason for coming here today ?

  • michaelting What brings you here today?
  • Yes, it's an idiom.
  • What was your reason for coming here today ?
  • " Yes, it could be a number of things.
  • I see no important difference between simple present and simple past in this particular case.
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michaeltingWhat brings you here today?
Yes, it's an idiom.
What was your reason for coming here today?

My doctor's nurse always asks me the subject question, and I always reply, "I drove myself."

Yes, it could be a number of things.

I see no important difference between simple present and simple past in this particular cas

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