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[navi tasan]

-He didn't help me and then went and told everybody lies bout me.
-Why?

I want to know what full sentence can ask the question the "why" is asking here.

Why didn't he help you and then...

 

[MikeNewYork]

-He didn't help me and then went and told everybody lies bout me.
-Why?

I want to know what full sentence can ask the question the "why" is asking here.

Why didn't he help you and then...

I would change that to "Why did he refuse/fail to help you and then tell everybody lies about you?

 

[navi tasan]

So would you say that:

"Why didn't he help you and then went and told everybody lies about you."

is wrong or is it just a bit "heavy"?

 

[MikeNewYork]

So would you say that:

"Why didn't he help you and then went and told everybody lies about you."

is wrong or is it just a bit "heavy"?

It's a bit clumsy. The problem is deciding where the influence of "didn't" ends. Does it apply only to "help" or does it also go with "went/go"? The reader stumbles.