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Eunjinny Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Get, haven't got
In a situation
where a teacher was giving students back their test papers and my friend asked me how i did in the test, but I haven't mine back so I can't give him answer.
I said " I didn't get it back."
But it seems to mean I didn't get it back in the past, but I have it now. Is my presumption right? Saying" I haven't got it back"? is right way?
Looking forward to answers..Thanks.
where a teacher was giving students back their test papers and my friend asked me how i did in the test, but I haven't mine back so I can't give him answer.
I said " I didn't get it back."
But it seems to mean I didn't get it back in the past, but I have it now. Is my presumption right? Saying" I haven't got it back"? is right way?
Looking forward to answers..Thanks.
Top answer
In the conversational situation you describe, all of the following are OK: 1. "I didn't get it back" 2. "I haven't got it back" 3.
- In the conversational situation you describe, all of the following are OK: 1.
- "I didn't get it back" 2.
- "I haven't got it back" 3.
- "I haven't had it back" Technically, #2 and #3 mean that it hasn't been returned to you at any time stretching right up to the present, while #1 means that you weren't given it on some particular occasion in the past.
- However, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, #1 would be assumed to mean that you weren't given it at any other time either (and don't have it now), so there's effectively little to choose between the three versions.
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In the conversational situation you describe, all of the following are OK:
1. "I didn't get it back"
2. "I haven't got it back"
3. "I haven't had it back"
Technically, #2 and #3 mean that it hasn't been returned to you at any time stretching right up to the present, while #1 means that you weren't given it on some particular occasion in the past. However, in th
1. "I didn't get it back"
2. "I haven't got it back"
3. "I haven't had it back"
Technically, #2 and #3 mean that it hasn't been returned to you at any time stretching right up to the present, while #1 means that you weren't given it on some particular occasion in the past. However, in th
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