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- 09-Aug-2003, 14:30 #1Anonymous Guest
have done or did I'd like to find out what the difference is between such sentences:
Do you have your exercise with you now? - No, but I did it.
Do you have your exercise with you now? - No, but I have done it.
- 09-Aug-2003, 15:54 #2
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Re: have done or did Without more context, it is impossible to tell if there is any real difference between "No, but I did it" and "No, but I have done it." In both cases the speaker is talking about something that has happened before and is not going on at the present. Offhand, I see no difference in meaning between the two.
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What is meant by "Do you have your exercise with you now?"
- 09-Aug-2003, 15:54 #3
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What does "Do you have your exercise with you now?" mean?
- 09-Aug-2003, 21:11 #4
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Teacher Have you got it on you?
- 09-Aug-2003, 21:56 #5
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Have I got my exercise on me? Originally Posted by tdol Have you got it on you?
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- 09-Aug-2003, 22:07 #6
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Teacher Yep
- 09-Aug-2003, 22:43 #7
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But what does that mean?
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- 10-Aug-2003, 04:45 #8
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Maybe you wrote your exercises on your body (either because you have no book, or you want to cheat in an exam) :wink:
- 10-Aug-2003, 07:00 #9
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Well, that's as good an explanation as I have gotten so far.
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- 10-Aug-2003, 07:32 #10
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Pleasure to help :wink: Originally Posted by RonBee
