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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
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"Did you want tomatoes?" "Do you want tomatoes?"
Hi all,
I was ordering a kebab the other day and I came arcoss this question. The man was making the kebab when he asked me whether I wanted tomatoes. 'Did you want tomatoes?' He asked. The question is should he have said 'Do you want tomatoes?' instead of 'Did you want tomatoes?' I might be wrong but for all the time I thought that the present tense should be used in that situation.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
PBF
I was ordering a kebab the other day and I came arcoss this question. The man was making the kebab when he asked me whether I wanted tomatoes. 'Did you want tomatoes?' He asked. The question is should he have said 'Do you want tomatoes?' instead of 'Did you want tomatoes?' I might be wrong but for all the time I thought that the present tense should be used in that situation.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
PBF
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Hi, I was ordering a kebab the other day and I came arcoss this question. The man was making the kebab when he asked me whether I wanted tomatoes. ' He asked.
- Hi, I was ordering a kebab the other day and I came arcoss this question.
- The man was making the kebab when he asked me whether I wanted tomatoes.
- ' He asked.
- ' I might be wrong but for all the time I thought that the present tense should be used in that situation.
- The past tense is often used this way to make the statement more polite, less forceful.
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Hi,
I was ordering a kebab the other day and I came arcoss this question. The man was making the kebab when he asked me whether I wanted tomatoes. 'Did you want tomatoes?' He asked. The question is should he have said 'Do you want tomatoes?' instead of 'Did you want tomatoes?' I might be wrong but for all the time I thought that the present tense should be used in t
I was ordering a kebab the other day and I came arcoss this question. The man was making the kebab when he asked me whether I wanted tomatoes. 'Did you want tomatoes?' He asked. The question is should he have said 'Do you want tomatoes?' instead of 'Did you want tomatoes?' I might be wrong but for all the time I thought that the present tense should be used in t
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