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Tuongvan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

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Dear teachers,
Could you possibly help correct the sentence below?

Situation: Yesterday Mr White's manager asked him to come to the company to be on duty .But Mr A didn't come as requested .Today he comes to the company and meet his manager,His manager looks very angry .

Mr A: Good morning, sir.
Manager( looks very angry) : Why didn't you come until today? You were supposed to phone me if you couldn't come, but you didn't.

Thank you in advance
  

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Hi, Could you possibly help correct the sentence below? Situation: Yesterday Mr White's manager asked him to come to the company to be on duty . We usually just say 'He asked him to come to work' .

— Clive

  • Hi, Could you possibly help correct the sentence below?
  • Situation: Yesterday Mr White's manager asked him to come to the company to be on duty .
  • We usually just say 'He asked him to come to work' .
  • We don't commonly speak of work as 'duty'.
  • Today he comes to the company and meet his manager,His manager looks very angry .
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Hi,
Could you possibly help correct the sentence below?

Situation: Yesterday Mr White's manager asked him to come to the company to be on duty . We usually just say 'He asked him to come to work'. We don't commonly speak of work as 'duty'.

But Mr A didn't come as requested .Today he comes to the company and meet his manager,His manager looks very angry .

Mr A
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Thank you Clive very much. But can I say: " Why do you come here today, but not yesterday ?

Best wishes
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Hi,
But can I say: " Why do you come here today, but not yesterday ?

Present tense does not fit well here.

I suggest 'Why did you come today, but not yesterday?'

The coming today happened prior to the time of the question.

Clive
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