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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Do/did?

I do have several friends who have gone through similar circumstances.

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I did have several friends who have gone through similar circumstances.
  

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Anonymous I did have several friends who have gone through similar circumstances. This says that these people are not your friends now. The sentence with "do" means that these people are still your friends.

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  • Anonymous I did have several friends who have gone through similar circumstances.
  • This says that these people are not your friends now.
  • The sentence with "do" means that these people are still your friends.
  • With the past tense (did), I would expect the past perfect.
  • I did have several friends who had gone through similar circumstances.
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AnonymousI did have several friends who have gone through similar circumstances.
This says that these people are not your friends now.
The sentence with "do" means that these people are still your friends.

With the past tense (did), I would expect the past perfect.
I did have several friends who had gone through similar circumstances.
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