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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Which one is correct

do you ever use a needle? or did you ever use a needle?
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Both are fine in different situations-- the first in the timeless present and the second in the past.

  • Both are fine in different situations-- the first in the timeless present and the second in the past.
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Both are fine in different situations-- the first in the timeless present and the second in the past.
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Its better if u use 'present perfect tense' to ask such a question
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Hi Anon

Since there is no context included with the sentence, it is not possible to say which verb tense might be better or the best. Depending on the context, it would also be possible to use the present perfect. A future tense would also be possible, for example. It all depends on the broader context.

Depending on the context, all of these are possible and grammatical, for exa
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I think it's better to use 'present perfect tense' to express such an idea. Try once.
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I'm aware that you think it's best, Anon. However, since the original poster provided us with no broader context, I'm telling you that it is not possible to say that present perfect would be better. I can only agree that present perfect is also a possibility.

Perhaps you are reacting to the fact that the word "ever" appears in the sentence. However, the mere usage of the w
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hi again.
this is a conversation between 2 man in a film.
first man want to sew something up but he can't do it.suddenly another man appear and the first man ask him "do/did you ever use a needle?".i can't exactly recognize that he say do or did.
what do you thing?wich one is better?
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Dear friend. Sometimes films are not very reliable sources and since we have no information about the original poster's context it's useless for you to persist. I recommend you should pay attention to what you're typing because your sentences are teeming with discrepancies.
Anonymousthis was a conversation between two man in a film.
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