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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Sentence correction

When I was a kid I didn't really talk/talked.

I didn't really talk/talked a lot.

Please explain. Thank you!
  

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Simply remember that after an auxiliary verb (such as do, does, did), you ALWAYS (no exceptions) use the base (or dictionary entry) form. So: I DID not really TALK.

  • Simply remember that after an auxiliary verb (such as do, does, did), you ALWAYS (no exceptions) use the base (or dictionary entry) form.
  • So: I DID not really TALK.
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Simply remember that after an auxiliary verb (such as do, does, did), you ALWAYS (no exceptions) use the base (or dictionary entry) form. So: I DID not really TALK.

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