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Xnon123 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Simple past Vs Present perfect !
I just little confeused....... Can i say? [ I am not suprised that you didn't eat anything since the morning]
Or it should be
[ I am suprised that you have not eaten any thing since the morning]
Or it should be
[ I am suprised that you have not eaten any thing since the morning]
Top answer
Well, you have completely reversed the meaning of the sentence by changing "not surprised" to "surprised". Assuming you are talking about today: I am (not) suprised that you have not eaten anything since this morning. In conversation, contractions "I'm" and "haven't" would normally be used.
- Well, you have completely reversed the meaning of the sentence by changing "not surprised" to "surprised".
- Assuming you are talking about today: I am (not) suprised that you have not eaten anything since this morning.
- In conversation, contractions "I'm" and "haven't" would normally be used.
- I recommend that you do not use square brackets to set off quoted text.
- Square brackets are not correct for this purpose.
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Well, you have completely reversed the meaning of the sentence by changing "not surprised" to "surprised". Assuming you are talking about today:
I am (not) suprised that you have not eaten anything since this morning.
In conversation, contractions "I'm" and "haven't" would normally be used.
I recommend that you do not use square brackets to set off q
I am (not) suprised that you have not eaten anything since this morning.
In conversation, contractions "I'm" and "haven't" would normally be used.
I recommend that you do not use square brackets to set off q
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