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PreciousJones Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Restaurant

We just got done at an Japanese restaurant. And I say:

That Japanese diner is pretty good. Or

That Japanese diner was pretty good.

Are both useable? what's the difference?

Thanks!
  

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In this case, you would use 'was' because you just finished eating, but the word 'diner' on the other hand, is a bit old fashioned. For Americans, the word 'diner' refers to a restaurant that serves stereotypical American food, such as hamburgers or meat loaf. When the word 'diner' comes to my mind, I usually think of a place that looks like this

— Geistgrant

  • In this case, you would use 'was' because you just finished eating, but the word 'diner' on the other hand, is a bit old fashioned.
  • For Americans, the word 'diner' refers to a restaurant that serves stereotypical American food, such as hamburgers or meat loaf.
  • When the word 'diner' comes to my mind, I usually think of a place that looks like this
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In this case, you would use 'was' because you just finished eating, but the word 'diner' on the other hand, is a bit old fashioned. For Americans, the word 'diner' refers to a restaurant that serves stereotypical American food, such as hamburgers or meat loaf. When the word 'diner' comes to my mind, I usually think of a place that looks like this
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PreciousJonesWe just got done at an Japanese restaurant.
In British English, that would mean that we had just been cheated. We would say something like "We have just eaten at/tried/dined at ..."
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fivejedjon PreciousJonesWe just got done at an Japanese restaurant.In British English, that would mean that we had just been cheated. We would say something like "We have just eaten at/tried/dined at ..."
Shouldn't it be:

We have just been cheated? Why is the past perfect necessary in this scenario?

Thanks.
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