I understand that [ didn't = did not]. But is it correct to write the following? Why didn't he come to work? Why did not he come to work? And can it be written as follows? Why he didn't come...
It didn't hurt that she has been strategic about marketing herself and the firm through the media. I wonder what the difference in meaning between doesn't and didn't is in the above contexts.
Is didn't or hadn't correct below? What is the difference? Please do not dock my pay as I was in the office but didn't brought my ID card. or Please do not dock my pay as I was in the office but
In terms of when you should use did not as opposed to didn't, I think it depends on the situation, and on your relationship with the intended audience. If you're writing a dissertation or a report to your boss, maybe use did not; if you're writing a text or email to your friend, I'm sure didn't would be just fine.
When is it more correct to say 'did not' and when 'didn't'?
He said with didn't you don't use another past verb form. This is a good heuristic, though I don't recall anything about "double past" in school myself. But it still works. The technical way to say it is " do can take an auxillary/helping verb, but the only valid auxillary/helping verb for do is the plain or infinitive form (same as present tense)." She would hold my bicycle from the back to ...
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