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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Didn't expect or didn't expected ?

I didn't expect

I didn't expected

Is the first one correct ?
  

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Only the first one is correct. "I expected to win" is simple past tense. Negative sentences and questions add the helping verb "to do," and that's where the tenses are changed.

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  • Only the first one is correct.
  • "I expected to win" is simple past tense.
  • Negative sentences and questions add the helping verb "to do," and that's where the tenses are changed.
  • The main verb (to expect) stays in the base form.
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Only the first one is correct.

"I expected to win" is simple past tense.

Negative sentences and questions add the helping verb "to do," and that's where the tenses are changed. The main verb (to expect) stays in the base form.

Do you like music?
Don't you like music?
I don't expect to win.
I didn't expect to win.
Didn't he win yesterday?
Doesn't he
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I didn't expect that i will like you this much

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i didnt expect this or i didnt expected thhis?

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