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Atinesh Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Can we use " didn't " and " have " in same sentence ?
Please these sentence
We couldn't visit the museum. We didn't have enough time.
He couldn't find his way to our house. He didn't have a map.
I think in place of " have " there should be " had " because didn't refers to past and what time does couldn't refers recent, past, etc ... [Reference: English Grammar in Use Raymond Murphy (3rd Ed.) Unit-17 Exercise 17.1]
We couldn't visit the museum. We didn't have enough time.
He couldn't find his way to our house. He didn't have a map.
I think in place of " have " there should be " had " because didn't refers to past and what time does couldn't refers recent, past, etc ... [Reference: English Grammar in Use Raymond Murphy (3rd Ed.) Unit-17 Exercise 17.1]
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No, when 'did' is used as an auxiliary verb, the verb that follows has to be in its basic form (bare infinitive).
- No, when 'did' is used as an auxiliary verb, the verb that follows has to be in its basic form (bare infinitive).
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No, when 'did' is used as an auxiliary verb, the verb that follows has to be in its basic form (bare infinitive).
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