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Sagi Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Past

i thought you hadn't gone there or i thought you didn't go there.
which one is correct and why?
  

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These are both correct: (1) I thought you didn't go there. (2) I thought you hadn't gone there. (1) says that I thought that you didn't usually go there as a habit.

  • These are both correct: (1) I thought you didn't go there.
  • (2) I thought you hadn't gone there.
  • (1) says that I thought that you didn't usually go there as a habit.
  • I thought you were not in the habit of going there (on several or many occasions).
  • (2) says that I thought that you had not gone there on one particular occasion that we are talking about.
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These are both correct:

(1) I thought you didn't go there.

(2) I thought you hadn't gone there.

(1) says that I thought that you didn't usually go there as a habit. I thought you were not in the habit of going there (on several or many occasions).

(2) says that I thought that you had not gone there on one particular occasion that we are talking about. O

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