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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Is 'felt' grammatical here?

She was away for 2 months, but it didn't even feel/felt like that long.

Is felt grammatical?

Is the sentence natural?

  

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anonymous Is felt grammatical? No. The negation of a verb in simple present or past tense requires "do/did" + "not" + base form.

  • anonymous Is felt grammatical?
  • No.
  • The negation of a verb in simple present or past tense requires "do/did" + "not" + base form.
  • Present: I feel good.
  • I do not feel good.
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anonymousIs felt grammatical?

No. The negation of a verb in simple present or past tense requires "do/did" + "not" + base form.

Present:

I feel good.
I do not feel good.

Past:

I felt good.
I did not feel good.

anonymousIs the sentence natural?

With "feel", yes.

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