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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Getting behind that AE use of the preterite.

0Are these possible in American English?02br
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01font00I didn't eat up to now. 02br
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00So far, I didn't eat.02font02br
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00If not, why not? If these are, that is:02br
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01font00I didn't eat already02br
00I didn't eat yet.02font0-
  

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0perhaps, 02br 02br 00I had not eaten then. 02br 02br 00So far I had not eaten. 0-

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  • 0perhaps, 02br 02br 00I had not eaten then.
  • 02br 02br 00So far I had not eaten.
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0perhaps, 02br
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00I had not eaten then. 02br
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00So far I had not eaten. 0-
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0 Google:02br
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01b004302b00 for 01b00 "05200 05300 05400 05500"02br
02b00600 for 01b00 "05600 05700 05800 05900" 02b02br
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00 Of 01b00 "051000 051100 051200 051300" only one is relev
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0<Rough morning 01b00so far, I didn't eat02b00 breakfast not even my shake. So I grabbed a box of frosted wheaties and ate it while in class. 05000>02br
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00Ah, but the "so far" there modifies "morning". 030src/emoticons/emotion-2.gif
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