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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Was supposed to

1. Yesterday, I was supposed to clean my garden and I did so.

2. Yesterday, I was supposed to clean my garden but I forgot.

Can I use "be supposed to" to refer to both the fulfilled and unfulfilled jobs?

Thanks no end.
  

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Hi, 1. Yesterday, I was supposed to clean my garden and I did so . Or you could just say 'Yesterday, I cleaned my garden'.

— Clive

  • Hi, 1.
  • Yesterday, I was supposed to clean my garden and I did so .
  • Or you could just say 'Yesterday, I cleaned my garden'.
  • 2.
  • Yesterday, I was supposed to clean my garden but I forgot .
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Hi,

1. Yesterday, I was supposed to clean my garden and I did so.

Or you could just say 'Yesterday, I cleaned my garden'.

2. Yesterday, I was supposed to clean my garden but I forgot.

Can I use "be supposed to" to refer to both the fulfilled and unfulfilled jobs? Yes.



'Cleaned' is not a very natural w
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Sorry, I forgot to ask one more similar question.

1. Yesterday, I should clean up my garden and I did so.

2. Yesterday, I should clean up my garden but I forgot.

3. Yesterday, I should have cleaned up my garden and I did so.

4. Yesterday, I should have cleaned up my garden but I forgot
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Hi,

Sorry, I forgot to ask one more similar question.

1. Yesterday, I should have cleaned up my garden and I did so. No, not if you did so.

2. Yesterday, I should have cleaned up my garden but I forgot. Yes

3. Yesterday, I should have cleaned up my garden and I did so. No

4. Yesterday, I
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