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Hi A: I can't thank you enough.this has been a wonderful day.  B: I'm glad you had a good time.I certainly did. I think Mr. B should say; I certainly am  NOT  did. What do you think? Thanks

MountainHiker · Accepted Answer

A. I can't thank you enough. This has been a wonderful day. ---Okay.

B. I'm glad you had a good time. I certainly did. ---Okay.

To make this clearer....

B-1) I'm glad you had a good time. I certainly did too.

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I certainly am NOT did. ---incorrect.

I certainly am? No, that doesn't work either.

I certainly NOT did. No, that is incorrect.

I am something.

I am happy.

I am sad.

I am pretty.

I did something.

I did some work

Somehow "I certainly am NOT did" mixes things up. I am not sure what this is trying to say.

Do you want B to say, B agrees with A? Or B disagress with A?

B) and B-1) above show agreement.

Disagreement.

I certainly did NOT.

Does that help?

If you still need further help, please post back again and someone will assist.

Bubu prasant · Answer

Dear mountain Hiker
I think in the sentence "I certainly am not did" after "I'm glad you had a good time" it is suggested to use "i certainly am rather than i did. The person who asked this question certainly did not write the whole 2nd sentence- "I certainly am not did"- as a tag for the for the former sentence- "I'm glad you had a good time" .

"I'm glad you had a good time. i certainly did." this certainly is correct

But the original question is -why sould we write in the second sentence "i certainly did" instead of "i certainly am"?

well to answer this question i would like to say that both are correct.

if you want to emphasize on your being glad [as 'A' had a good time] then "i certainly am" is correct.

But if you you want to emphasize on your having a good time then you need to use "I certainly did".

Maj · Answer

I am glad you had a good time.
I wish I had has such a good time as you. Is this sentence correct?

MountainHiker · Answer

Bubu,

Yes, I completely misread the question. Thank you for straightening this out.

Let's look at B again.

B: I'm glad you had a good time. I certainly did. (Correct.)
B: I'm glad you had a good time. I certainly am. (I think it is incorrect.)

I certainly am what? The first sentence refers to having a good time.

If you want to say "I certainly am", then you should change the first sentence.

B: I'm glad you are happy. I certainly am. (Right--both are happy)
B: I'm glad you are happy. I certainly did. (wrong).

I certainly did what?

The sentence has to agree with the prior sentence, or else the reader has to make a leap of faith.

Migo · Answer

"I'm glad you had a good time. I certainly am." Is correct, but because of the change in tense you'd want to say "I certainly am having a good time" to avoid any confusion. This is of course if you really want to say that you are currently having a good time as opposed to having had a good time in the near past. If you just say "I certainly am" after "I'm glad you had a good time." people are going to wonder if you really meant what you said or whether you meant that you had a good time as well. If you say "I certainly am having a good time", having is present tense so it confirms that you really want to be speaking in the present tense.

In informal speech it isn't necessary to say this as there's always the option to clear up any misunderstanding right there, in formal writing you'd want to go that extra step to clarify your meaning. However, in formal writing, the only situation in which this is likely to come up is in exchanging letters in which case it's going to seem really odd if you're still using the present tense unless you have the appropriate context (ie, you're in the Caribbean, a friend has just written you that when they were there last year they had a good time, you respond saying that you're having a good time).

Salam1101 · Answer

thank you all for your good explanation.

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