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Kowehte Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

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"Did you ever went to school?" is this sentence right or wrong?
  

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" I s this sentence right or wrong? Wrong. You can't have both the auxiliary (did) and the main verb (went) in the past tense.

— CalifJim

  • " I s this sentence right or wrong?
  • Wrong.
  • You can't have both the auxiliary (did) and the main verb (went) in the past tense.
  • Leave the auxiliary in the past and use the base form (go) with it.
  • CJ
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kowehte"Did you ever went to school?" Is this sentence right or wrong?
Wrong. You can't have both the auxiliary (did) and the main verb (went) in the past tense.

Leave the auxiliary in the past and use the base form (go) with it.

CJ
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Did you ever go to school? This is the correct.
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why can't the main verb goes with the tense as the auxiliary already in?in which the did as already clarifies that's its in past tense. why leave it(went) as the present tense?
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kowehte why can't the main verb goes with the tense as the auxiliary already in?in which the did as already clarifies that's its in past tense. why leave it(went) as the present tense?
Because that's the rule of English.

If there is an auxiliary, the auxiliary carries the tense marker. There is no need to put another tense marker on the verb that go
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isn't the auxiliary taking the main job of the main verb? why call it an auxiliary if the main verb agrees with the auxiliary itself? why call it an auxiliary in the first place? isn't it suppose to modify the main verb regardless which tense it appears in? and why have the tenses of go in the first place if the auxiliary is easily going to change its tense?
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kowehte isn't the auxiliary taking the main job of the main verb? why call it an auxiliary if the main verb agrees with the auxiliary itself? why call it an auxiliary in the first place? isn't it suppose to modify the main verb regardless which tense it appears in? and why have the tenses of go in the first place if the auxiliary is easily going to change its tense?
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And not one of your replies is relevant to any of the questions I asked. I believe nowhere in any elementary grammar book you will ever find a chapter discussing any questions relating to what I previously asked. There isn't enough time? Yet, You have more than 40,000+ posts?
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kowehte And not one of your replies is relevant to any of the questions I asked. I believe nowhere in any elementary grammar book you will ever find a chapter discussing any questions relating to what I previously asked. There isn't enough time? Yet, You have more than 40,000+ posts?
Oh, my goodness! It's a miracle! Suddenly you are capitalizing everything c
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