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Picnic Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
When did you find?
Its not correct, because when you ask you dont know when so it must be:
"when have you found?"
why?
"when have you found?"
why?
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find has to be transitive, so you're missing an object in either case. When did you find it ? (I found it last night.
- find has to be transitive, so you're missing an object in either case.
- When did you find it ?
- (I found it last night.
- / I found it yesterday.
- / I found it last week.
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find has to be transitive, so you're missing an object in either case.
When did you find it?
(I found it last night. / I found it yesterday. / I found it last week. / ... )
When have you found it? doesn't work at all. Don't use that one.
CJ
When did you find it?
(I found it last night. / I found it yesterday. / I found it last week. / ... )
When have you found it? doesn't work at all. Don't use that one.
CJ
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Picnicwhy not?Finding something, by its nature, occurs at a definite point in time. The word When emphasizes that idea. That requires the simple past.
"When have you found it?" - "I have found it..."
If you ask "When?" you want the answer to be something like "Yesterday" or "Two hours ago". The p
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