have done or did

Anonymous · 09-Aug-2003, 15:30

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.

**RonBee** · 09-Aug-2003, 16:54

Originally Posted by andrew

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.

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.

What is meant by "Do you have your exercise with you now?"

**RonBee** · 09-Aug-2003, 16:54

What does "Do you have your exercise with you now?" mean?

**Tdol** · 09-Aug-2003, 22:11

Have you got it on you?

**RonBee** · 09-Aug-2003, 22:56

Originally Posted by tdol

Have you got it on you?

Have I got my exercise on me?

:?

**Tdol** · 09-Aug-2003, 23:07

Yep

**RonBee** · 09-Aug-2003, 23:43

But what does that mean?

:?

**shane** · 10-Aug-2003, 05:45

Maybe you wrote your exercises on your body (either because you have no book, or you want to cheat in an exam) :wink:

**RonBee** · 10-Aug-2003, 08:00

Well, that's as good an explanation as I have gotten so far.

:wink:

**shane** · 10-Aug-2003, 08:32

Originally Posted by RonBee

Well, that's as good an explanation as I have gotten so far.

:wink:

Pleasure to help :wink:

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