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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Did you ever have a girlfriend?

Jane: Did you ever have a girlfriend?
Jack: That's not concerning.

Is Jack's line correct? Is the phrase concerning question correct in the context like This is not concerning question, ask something else?
  

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Jackson6612 Jack: That's not concerning. It doesn't work. How about: " That doesn't concern you ".

— Huevos

  • Jackson6612 Jack: That's not concerning.
  • It doesn't work.
  • How about: " That doesn't concern you ".
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Jackson6612Jack: That's not concerning.
It doesn't work. How about: "That doesn't concern you".
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Huevos
Jackson6612Jack: That's not concerning.
It doesn't work. How about: "That doesn't concern you".


Less politely: That's none of your business.
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Sorry Jackson but, why did you write "Did you ever have.."? Why not "Have you ever had.."?

Are both correct?
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Sorry Jackson but, why did you write "Did you ever have.."? Why not "Have you ever had.."?

Are both correct?

They're OK to me. The first one is in American English and the second one in British English, they're only different ways to say the same thing.

Did you ever have..? AmE

Have you ever had..
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Hector9Did you ever have..? AmE

Have you ever had..? BrE
I'm a Brit and to me those mean completely different things. "Have you ever had...?" is the default question. "Did you ever have...?" is a question you might ask someone if they were to tell you "I don't have a girlfriend", i.e. the question assumes it must have been in the di
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