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Tonyscott Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
past tense/present perfect tense
A:Listen! It's raining.
B:Oh, really? I () it at all.
1.didn't realize
2.haven't realized
The answer given by my book is #1. But I think the answer of this question depends on the meaning of the word "really".
If "really" is used to express surprise, then it means that you believe that it is raining and no longer think it is not raining, so #1 is correct. But if "really" is used to express a kind of disbelief, then probably #2 is correct because you still believe that it is not raining. And so #1 is inappropriate and #2 is correct.
(But perhaps if I don't believe that person's words, I won't say such things.)
What do you think?
B:Oh, really? I () it at all.
1.didn't realize
2.haven't realized
The answer given by my book is #1. But I think the answer of this question depends on the meaning of the word "really".
If "really" is used to express surprise, then it means that you believe that it is raining and no longer think it is not raining, so #1 is correct. But if "really" is used to express a kind of disbelief, then probably #2 is correct because you still believe that it is not raining. And so #1 is inappropriate and #2 is correct.
(But perhaps if I don't believe that person's words, I won't say such things.)
What do you think?
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"I haven't realized" doesn't work for me. In fact, I find it hard to think of any context in which "I haven't realized" would be correct. It seems almost self-contradictory: you haven't realized, and yet you must have realized in order to make the statement.
- "I haven't realized" doesn't work for me.
- In fact, I find it hard to think of any context in which "I haven't realized" would be correct.
- It seems almost self-contradictory: you haven't realized, and yet you must have realized in order to make the statement.
- g.
- "he hasn't realised") because you may know something that the other person doesn't.
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"I haven't realized" doesn't work for me. In fact, I find it hard to think of any context in which "I haven't realized" would be correct. It seems almost self-contradictory: you haven't realized, and yet you must have realized in order to make the statement. This pattern is OK when referring to another person (e.g. "he hasn't realised") because you may know something that the other person doesn't.
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