There is a difference in using 'did not' and 'have not'. Let me give you a few examples and then try to explain the usage . did not : Case 1 . I did not have time - no time at all ; I did not have lunch - it just means the speaker did not have lunch; Case 2 . I did not see Joe - …

2020年6月8日 · 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.

At last, yesterday I listened to this radio show, although I did not do it before because I was busy. "Did not" is a bit more direct. It implies that you recently had a chance to do something, and either were unable to, or chose not to. At last, yesterday I listened to this radio show, although I had not done it before because I was busy. "Had ...

2017年11月17日 · So it is correct when talking about a past event to say, "he did not invite me," since it's the did that makes it past tense. When you have an auxillary verb like the did in this sentence, than it's the one that gets conjugated, and the other verb (invite) is just a bare infinitive that stays unchanged regardless of tense or subject/verb agreement.

2014年10月23日 · In both questions you are placing the auxiliary verb did (which puts the sentence in the past tense) BEFORE the actual subject/noun, Did you not = Ok. Didn't you = The contraction between Did + Not still doesn't change the Verb-before-Subject/Noun rule, so it should be acceptable, although the previous sentence is definitely more formal.

2015年4月30日 · You can simply delete the 'it did not' part here. So this ended up not working? What is the right answer? Yes or. No With the 'Yes', you are automatically agreeing with the person asking the question, on the other hand, with the 'No', you are disagreeing with him/her and telling him/her that it ended up working.

2015年8月23日 · The sentence He did not study music before he became famous is correct, but it is not written in the past perfect. You used the past simple. You used 'did' because the sentence is a negation. Small guide on the difference between the …

2011年7月23日 · The other way is not wrong. Why did somebody not do something? Putting the not outside of the normal order causes more emphasis to be placed upon it, a rhetorical figure known as anastrophe. From NOAD: anastrophe |əˈnastrəfē| noun Rhetoric the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.

Wayne Gretzky appears to be the earliest attributed source of this particular expression, although two older sports-related expression say much the same thing: "You can't score if you don't shoot" and "You can't hit the ball if you don't swing."

2016年12月9日 · One says "I didn't do it". The other says "Did too". Which is used for : Yes, you did. And the first one says: Did not, to repeat I did not do it. If you don't understand the kid angles here, you have not understood it. Sorry. –