[General] You get the cookies

[suniljain]

You get the cookies I sent.

I want to understand why do we use "get" not "got" and which tense is this?. ( I understand we are talking about past tense and we can also say- Did you get the cookies I sent.

 

[bhaisahab]

"You get the cookies I sent." If this is supposed to be a question, it is incorrect. If not, what is it supposed to be?

 

[MikeNewYork]

We use the present tense because of the auxiliary verb "did".

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think it should be the bare infinitive instead of the present tense, or the OP might wrongly write 'Did he gets the cookies?' next time, but I am not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I agree.

 

[suniljain]

I think it should be the bare infinitive instead of the present tense, or the OP might wrongly write 'Did he gets the cookies?' next time, but I am not a teacher.

Why did we use "s" with gets?

 

[suniljain]

"You get the cookies I sent." If this is supposed to be a question, it is incorrect. If not, what is it supposed to be?

This is not the question. In colloquial, we keep saying like this or in movies we keep hearing like this.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Why did we use "s" with gets?

Did you notice the words 'wrongly write' before 'Did he gets the cookies'?

 

[bhaisahab]

In what context do you say it/hear it?

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Yes, Suniljain, so-called elliptical questions are very common in ordinary conversations (especially among friends).

TheParser: [Did] you get the cookies I sent?

Mona: Yes. By the way, [did] you get the necktie I sent you?

TheParser. No.

Mona: [Do] you want to meet Betty, my cousin?

TheParser: Sure. [Does] she speak English?


Of course, it is NOT a good idea for students to speak this way! But they should not be surprised when they hear native speakers use such abbreviated questions.