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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Which tense would be the best to use here?

A: Would you like to join us for dinner?
B: Yes. I (work) so hard this morning. I didn't eat anything.
  

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You could use worked or was working . The whole phrase is a little awkward as two sentences, though. More natural would be Yes, I was working so hard this morning that I didn't eat anything.

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  • You could use worked or was working .
  • The whole phrase is a little awkward as two sentences, though.
  • More natural would be Yes, I was working so hard this morning that I didn't eat anything.
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You could use worked or was working. The whole phrase is a little awkward as two sentences, though. More natural would be
Yes, I was working so hard this morning that I didn't eat anything.
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Could I use present perfect? What the sentence would have to look like so I can use present perfect tense?
Thanks
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I misunderstood your sentence. Where I live, dinner normally refers to the evening meal, so I treated this morning as being in the past. If you meant dinner to refer to the midday meal, (which I would call lunch), then you could say:
I have worked so hard this morning that I didn't eat (or haven't eaten) anything.
I have been working so hard this morni
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