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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Problem with Simple Past
Hi, I'm from Poland so sorry if i made some errors. I've been always tought that in Simple Past Tense we use in questions Did + Subject + Infinitive... e.g. 'Did you eat something?'
A few weeks ago I watched one of the episodes of House M.D. and he asked a question to ill child:
'What did you ATE?' Why did he use in question past form of verb 'eat'?
A few weeks ago I watched one of the episodes of House M.D. and he asked a question to ill child:
'What did you ATE?' Why did he use in question past form of verb 'eat'?
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" is ungrammatical. Are you sure you heard it correctly? Another possibility, I suppose, is that the speaker was being intentionally ungrammatical for humorous effect.
- " is ungrammatical.
- Are you sure you heard it correctly?
- Another possibility, I suppose, is that the speaker was being intentionally ungrammatical for humorous effect.
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"What did you ate?" is ungrammatical. Are you sure you heard it correctly?
Another possibility, I suppose, is that the speaker was being intentionally ungrammatical for humorous effect.
Another possibility, I suppose, is that the speaker was being intentionally ungrammatical for humorous effect.
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