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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

the other day

0I ---- her the other day.02br
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00A) see02br
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00B) will see02br
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00C) saw02br
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00D) have seen02br
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00E) had seen02br
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00F) will have seen02br
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00Which one(s) is / are correct?0-
  

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01cite10Diamondrg12cite10I ---- her the other day.12br
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10A) see12br
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10B) will see12br
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10C) saw12br
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10D) have seen12br
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10E) had seen12br
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10F) will have seen12br
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0Dear Diamondrg,02br
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00We may say «the other day» only for a day in the past. 02br
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00It is a clue. 05002br
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00Kind regards, 05102br
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00Goldmund010id111id1
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01cite10Goldmund12cite12br
10Dear Diamondrg,12br
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10We may say «the other day» only for a day in the past. 12br
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10It is a clue. 15012br
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10Kind regards, 15112br
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10Goldmund12br
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0milky, are you a native speaker?0-
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0From Cambridge:01blockquote
02br
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10the other day12br
10a few days ago:12br
10Didn't I see you in the post office the other day?12br
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10The most natural answer is 01u00C)saw02u00.02br
00I saw her the other day.02br
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00I would suppose 
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite10I ---- her the other day.12br
12br
10A) see12br
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10B) will see12br
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10C) saw12br
12br
10D) have seen12br
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10E) had seen12br
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10F) will have seen12br
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10Wh
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01cite10Danyoo12cite10I would suppose 11u10E)had seen12u10 also works.12br
10I had seen her the other day. 12br
10I don't see anything wrong grammatically, but it doesn't sound very idomatic.12blockquote
10I agree with Goodman. We need some context where the use of "had
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01cite10Milky12cite11blockquote
11cite20Goldmund22cite22br
20Dear Diamondrg,22br
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20We may say «the other day» only for a day in the past. 22br
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20It is a clue. 25022br
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20Kind regards, 25122br
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