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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference between..YOU DIDNT SAW THAT...and..YOU DIDNT SEE THAT..and which one is correct...??

i was having a conversation with my friend on phone..and...i spoke..YOU DIDNT SAW THAT...and my cousin who was sitting beside me corrected..me..she said..its..YOU DIDNT SEE THAT..instead..of...YOU DIDNT SAW THAT...guyz..please..help..me..i'm really confused ..which one is correct...!!!
  

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Hi, Listen to your cousin. You saw that. 'Saw' is Past Tense.

— Clive

  • Hi, Listen to your cousin.
  • You saw that.
  • 'Saw' is Past Tense.
  • You did not see that.
  • To form the past tense with a negative, you use the past tense of 'do' as an auxiiary verb, ie ' did '.
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Hi,

Listen to your cousin.

You saw that. 'Saw' is Past Tense.

You did not see that.

To form the past tense with a negative, you use the past tense of 'do' as an auxiiary verb, ie 'did'.

And you use the base or infinitive form of the main verb, which is 'see'.

It's the same idea when you make a question,

eg
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you didnt see that is correct when we use did the verb will be in first form. Emotion: sleep by GUNDA VENKATARAJU JANGAON
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When you use did in a sentence use the following format.
subject+did+not+present tense form of the verb; in short sub+did+not+V1.
when you ask a question it becomes did+sub+V1

Ex: She did not talk.

Did she talk?
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Not quite, Anon: subject+did+not+infinitive form of the verb
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you did not see is the correct answer.

Saw = did + see

So... Did you see ?

did you see ?

Did she see ?
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Unless you're literally sawing something!! Seeing is with the eyes. Sawing is with sharp things.
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