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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
If we didn't / If we hadn't
I found this sentence in a article supposedly uttered by a police chief.
"We would have had more bodies that night if we didn't get them.
Shouldn't it be "if we hadn't got them", because the speaker is making a supposition about an incident in the past?
(The original article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/three-teens-accused-of-murder-of-baseball-player-chris-lane-identified/story-fni0fiyv-1226700172461 )
Hope someone could elucidate me on this.
mac
"We would have had more bodies that night if we didn't get them.
Shouldn't it be "if we hadn't got them", because the speaker is making a supposition about an incident in the past?
(The original article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/three-teens-accused-of-murder-of-baseball-player-chris-lane-identified/story-fni0fiyv-1226700172461 )
Hope someone could elucidate me on this.
mac
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Anonymous Shouldn't it be "if we hadn't got them", because the speaker is making a supposition about an incident in the past? Yes
- Anonymous Shouldn't it be "if we hadn't got them", because the speaker is making a supposition about an incident in the past?
- Yes
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AnonymousShouldn't it be "if we hadn't got them", because the speaker is making a supposition about an incident in the past?Yes
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Thank you so much for the reply.
How does "If we didn't" sound to a native speaker?? Ungrammatical but acceptable? Unsophisticated? Unintelligent?
No Eyebrows raised?
How does "If we didn't" sound to a native speaker?? Ungrammatical but acceptable? Unsophisticated? Unintelligent?
No Eyebrows raised?
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Unless we are picky English teachers, we hardly notice such slips.
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I don't understand... "We didn't get them" is wrong? It sounds OK to my ears. Or only wrong in this context?
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