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    Default did+so far

    "She hasn't promised danything she didn't deliver so far."

    Is it only the present perfect tense used with "so far"? Or a past simple might be used as in the sentence?

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    Default Re: did+so far

    Quote Originally Posted by ostap77 View Post
    "She hasn't promised danything she didn't deliver so far."

    Is it only the present perfect tense used with "so far"? Or a past simple might be used as in the sentence?
    Would this one sound OK?

    "She hasn't promised anything she didn't promise already".

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    Default Re: did+so far

    Quote Originally Posted by ostap77 View Post
    "She hasn't promised danything she didn't deliver so far."

    Is it only the present perfect tense used with "so far"? Or a past simple might be used as in the sentence?
    I would use "hasn't delivered so far".
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    Default Re: did+so far

    Quote Originally Posted by ostap77 View Post
    Would this one sound OK?

    "She hasn't promised anything she didn't promise already".
    I would say "hadn't already promised".
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