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Mezanie Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

"If I didn't do" = "If I hadn't done"?

Hi everyone! Emotion: smile


Could someone please explain to me if sometimes "If I didn't do" means "If I hadn't done"?

I found it in a video in which the speaker (an indigenous person but with good English, I would say) does everything to help other people as a job. But she had deep emotional wounds before that. And she needed to heal those wounds before starting to help others. At least that's how I understand it because she says about deciding to help others: "I wouldn't have done this if I didn't do my own healing."


Could it be that sometimes people accidentally use wrong grammar when they mean to say "If I had not"?


Thank you for any replies in advance! Emotion: smile

  

Top answer

Mezanie Could it be that sometimes people accidentally use wrong grammar when they mean to say "If I had not"? Yes. Accidents like that do happen.

  • Mezanie Could it be that sometimes people accidentally use wrong grammar when they mean to say "If I had not"?
  • Yes.
  • Accidents like that do happen.
  • CJ
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MezanieCould it be that sometimes people accidentally use wrong grammar when they mean to say "If I had not"?

Yes. Accidents like that do happen.

CJ

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