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Sekhar5 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Usage of tense
hi sir, i had a doubt in the usage of past tense. My question is that can we use two past tense verbs in a sentence. For ex: "He did not came". Here did and came are in past tense. Can we use like this, if not why? give me explanation sir.
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Greetings, Sekhar5, the answer is: no, we can't. g. He came) , its form serves to indicate the tense, but when you make a negative statament out of a positive one ( He came --- He didn't come ), it is the auxiliary verb did(n't) that takes the role of indicating both tense and negation.
- Greetings, Sekhar5, the answer is: no, we can't.
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- He came) , its form serves to indicate the tense, but when you make a negative statament out of a positive one ( He came --- He didn't come ), it is the auxiliary verb did(n't) that takes the role of indicating both tense and negation.
- *He didn't came is completely false.
- Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Greetings, Sekhar5,
the answer is: no, we can't. The reason is: where you have a notional verb in the past in an affirmative sentence (e.g. He came), its form serves to indicate the tense, but when you make a negative statament out of a positive one (He came --- He didn't come), it is the auxiliary verb did(n't) that takes the role of indicating both tense and negat
the answer is: no, we can't. The reason is: where you have a notional verb in the past in an affirmative sentence (e.g. He came), its form serves to indicate the tense, but when you make a negative statament out of a positive one (He came --- He didn't come), it is the auxiliary verb did(n't) that takes the role of indicating both tense and negat
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