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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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Didn't I tell you, John, that you were the best person I had ever seen?
Didn't I tell you, John, that you were the best person I had ever seen?
Does the above sentence mean that John isn't the best person anymore?
Does the above sentence mean that John isn't the best person anymore?
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No - it looks more as though John doesn't believe it and the person is emphasising his/her statement. Starting in this way is often a sign of exasperation: Mother to naughty child : Didn't I tell you not to climb onto the table? Now look what you've done - you have broken my bowl.
- No - it looks more as though John doesn't believe it and the person is emphasising his/her statement.
- Starting in this way is often a sign of exasperation: Mother to naughty child : Didn't I tell you not to climb onto the table?
- Now look what you've done - you have broken my bowl.
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No - it looks more as though John doesn't believe it and the person is emphasising his/her statement.
Starting in this way is often a sign of exasperation:
Mother to naughty child : Didn't I tell you not to climb onto the table? Now look what you've done - you have broken my bowl.
Starting in this way is often a sign of exasperation:
Mother to naughty child : Didn't I tell you not to climb onto the table? Now look what you've done - you have broken my bowl.
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Hi Jackson
Not at all. English is an inexact language and the use of the tenses is often determined by a phenomenon called the sequence of tenses, which results in sentences like your example or this one:
I knew he lived in Berlin.
The person may still live in Berlin but as knew is a past tense, lived is as well.
CB
Not at all. English is an inexact language and the use of the tenses is often determined by a phenomenon called the sequence of tenses, which results in sentences like your example or this one:
I knew he lived in Berlin.
The person may still live in Berlin but as knew is a past tense, lived is as well.
CB
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