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Jordicuest Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Using the auxiliar "don't"
Hello.
Yesterday reading then news I saw: " the man was lucky not to get hurt". I had written this sentence like this: " the man was lucky don't to get hurt". I think I don't know well when we must use "don't" and when we musn't. Maybe before the construction "to get + verb" we don't use "don't"?
Thanks in advance.
Yesterday reading then news I saw: " the man was lucky not to get hurt". I had written this sentence like this: " the man was lucky don't to get hurt". I think I don't know well when we must use "don't" and when we musn't. Maybe before the construction "to get + verb" we don't use "don't"?
Thanks in advance.
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"Don't" is merely a contraction of the words do + not. As such, it is typically a command or instruction, but even when used in the context you provided it would not work because "do" is present tense and your context is past. The past tense form would be "didn't".
- "Don't" is merely a contraction of the words do + not.
- As such, it is typically a command or instruction, but even when used in the context you provided it would not work because "do" is present tense and your context is past.
- The past tense form would be "didn't".
- The man was lucky not to get hurt.
- -- OK The man was lucky he didn't get hurt.
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"Don't" is merely a contraction of the words do + not. As such, it is typically a command or instruction, but even when used in the context you provided it would not work because "do" is present tense and your context is past. The past tense form would be "didn't".
The man was lucky not to get hurt. -- OK
The man was lucky he didn't get hurt. -- OK
The man was lucky don't to ge
The man was lucky not to get hurt. -- OK
The man was lucky he didn't get hurt. -- OK
The man was lucky don't to ge
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ok, thanks, is true, I must use the past tense of do in this case.
But I still have a doubt: are equivalents this two ways of writting, those you was give?:
The man was lucky not to get hurt. -- OK
The man was lucky he didn't get hurt. -- OK
...or there are any difference in their meaning?
Moreover, why in the 2nd sentence you includes the subject "he" and not
But I still have a doubt: are equivalents this two ways of writting, those you was give?:
The man was lucky not to get hurt. -- OK
The man was lucky he didn't get hurt. -- OK
...or there are any difference in their meaning?
Moreover, why in the 2nd sentence you includes the subject "he" and not
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jordicuestThe man was lucky not to get hurt. -- OKThe man was lucky he didn't get hurt. -- OK...or there are any difference in their meaning?The sentences have the same meaning.
jordicuestThe man was lucky he not to get hurt. -- OK too??The man was lucky didn't get hurt. -- OK too?Both are wrong. You cannot add a subject
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