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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Perfect present and simple present
If someone asks me hey did you eat yet?
Usually I would say yes, I ate, thanks for asking. But would it be appropriate if I answered with yes, I've eaten or would I've already ate?
Thks
Usually I would say yes, I ate, thanks for asking. But would it be appropriate if I answered with yes, I've eaten or would I've already ate?
Thks
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Did you eat yet? Yeah, I've already eaten. (This would be ok in my opinion) The others you mentioned are not very likely to be heard, in my opinion, although they make sense at least grammatically.
- Did you eat yet?
- Yeah, I've already eaten.
- (This would be ok in my opinion) The others you mentioned are not very likely to be heard, in my opinion, although they make sense at least grammatically.
- I guess the most likely would be: Yeah, (I did).
- I'm not a native speaker.
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Did you eat yet?
Yeah, I've already eaten. (This would be ok in my opinion)
The others you mentioned are not very likely to be heard, in my opinion, although they make sense at least grammatically.
I guess the most likely would be:
Yeah, (I did).
I'm not a native speaker. Wait for confirmation.
Yeah, I've already eaten. (This would be ok in my opinion)
The others you mentioned are not very likely to be heard, in my opinion, although they make sense at least grammatically.
I guess the most likely would be:
Yeah, (I did).
I'm not a native speaker. Wait for confirmation.
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It seems to me that we most commonly use the same tense in the answer as was used in the question.
-- Did you eat yet?
-- Yes. I already ate.
-- Have you eaten yet?
-- Yes. I've already eaten.
Mixing and matching these won't land you in grammar jail, but it's not as common to do it.
-- Did you eat yet?
-- Yes. I already ate.
-- Have you eaten yet?
-- Yes. I've already eaten.
Mixing and matching these won't land you in grammar jail, but it's not as common to do it.
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Now I know just because you say the right things doesn't mean you know why you're saying it or understand the method of why you're saying it.
This is very strange to me. I use colloqual English fluently but I have no idea it's all put together thru intricate grammatic rules...
This is very strange to me. I use colloqual English fluently but I have no idea it's all put together thru intricate grammatic rules...
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