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Pastsimple Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Had you had breakfast?
Hello,
if my friend says:
I came to school at 8.30.
and I want to ask him whether he had breakfast before he came to school, how do I ask?
From a purely grammatical point of view, I think
Had you had breakfast?
is correct. Is it natural, or would a native speaker avoid the past perfect and say:
Did you have breakfast before you came to school?
What would Did you have breakfast? mean? Would it imply having breakfast at school after arrival?
Thanks in advance for your comments!
if my friend says:
I came to school at 8.30.
and I want to ask him whether he had breakfast before he came to school, how do I ask?
From a purely grammatical point of view, I think
Had you had breakfast?
is correct. Is it natural, or would a native speaker avoid the past perfect and say:
Did you have breakfast before you came to school?
What would Did you have breakfast? mean? Would it imply having breakfast at school after arrival?
Thanks in advance for your comments!
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30. and I want to ask him whether he had breakfast before he came to school, how do I ask? From a purely grammatical point of view, I think Had you had breakfast?
- 30.
- and I want to ask him whether he had breakfast before he came to school, how do I ask?
- From a purely grammatical point of view, I think Had you had breakfast?
- is correct.
- Yes, but you need to identify the later past event.
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Hi,
if my friend says:
I came to school at 8.30.
and I want to ask him whether he had breakfast before he came to school, how do I ask?
From a purely grammatical point of view, I think
Had you had breakfast?
is correct. Yes, but you need to identify the later past event.
if my friend says:
I came to school at 8.30.
and I want to ask him whether he had breakfast before he came to school, how do I ask?
From a purely grammatical point of view, I think
Had you had breakfast?
is correct. Yes, but you need to identify the later past event.
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