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Odessa Dawn Posted 12 years ago
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We already told that …?
What is wrong with this construction—We already told that ..., please?
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, please? "told" needs to be followed by who you told it to. We already told him that ...
- , please?
- "told" needs to be followed by who you told it to.
- We already told him that ...
- We already told Professor Jones that ...
- We already told Susan that ...
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Odessa DawnWhat is wrong with this construction—We already told that ..., please?"told" needs to be followed by who you told it to.
We already told him that ...
We already told Professor Jones that ...
We already told Susan that ...
We already told the boss that ...
We already
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Thank you. Would it be acceptable in an informal situation meaning "We were already told that …"? I wouldn't include the auxiliary.
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Odessa DawnWould it be acceptable in an informal situation meaning "We were already told that …"?No. Even in the most informal situations "were" is included. If it is missing, the sentence will sound wrong.
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"We already told them" means you told someone else.
"We were already told" means someone else told you.
However, I would suggest that you would use the Present Perfect there, since that—as I learnt—would be the most correct with sentences that include a word like "already". So thus, it would be, respectively: "We have already told them" or "We have already been
"We were already told" means someone else told you.
However, I would suggest that you would use the Present Perfect there, since that—as I learnt—would be the most correct with sentences that include a word like "already". So thus, it would be, respectively: "We have already told them" or "We have already been
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