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Minhuoc Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

What does it mean?

Please help me explain the meaning of each following sentence. Thanks very much.

1. We hadn't known she was in hospital. We hadn't visited her.

2. We didn't know she was in hospital. We didn't visit her.

3. We hadn't known she was in hospita. We didn't visit her.
  

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Hi, 1. We hadn't known she was in hospital. We hadn't visited her.

  • Hi, 1.
  • We hadn't known she was in hospital.
  • We hadn't visited her.
  • The idea here is, for example, you found out last Monday that she was in hospital.
  • In these sentences, you are talking about the past before you found out.
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Hi,

1. We hadn't known she was in hospital. We hadn't visited her. The idea here is, for example, you found out last Monday that she was in hospital. In these sentences, you are talking about the past before you found out.

2. We didn't know she was in hospital. We didn't visit her. Here, you are just simply telling me ab
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I understand now. Thank you, Clive very much.

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