Aamir Tariq
Senior Member
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- Urdu
- Home Country
- Pakistan
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- Pakistan
"Bidden" is the past participle of bid. So in present perfect tense it should either be.
I have bidden her farewell.
I have bidden farewell to her.
But I have read sentences on the web like these.
A proud mother has bid her daughter farewell as she prepares to row 5,000 miles across the Pacific. [London Evening Standard]
He had bid his wife and children — Heather, 11, and Tommy, 8 — goodbye at the hotel. [Billings Gazette]
Now, Shouldn't it be "A proud mother has bidden her daughter farewell and blah blah blah."
And shouldn't it be "He had bidden his wife and children — Heather, 11, and Tommy, 8 — goodbye at the hotel.
Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen
I have bidden her farewell.
I have bidden farewell to her.
But I have read sentences on the web like these.
A proud mother has bid her daughter farewell as she prepares to row 5,000 miles across the Pacific. [London Evening Standard]
He had bid his wife and children — Heather, 11, and Tommy, 8 — goodbye at the hotel. [Billings Gazette]
Now, Shouldn't it be "A proud mother has bidden her daughter farewell and blah blah blah."
And shouldn't it be "He had bidden his wife and children — Heather, 11, and Tommy, 8 — goodbye at the hotel.
Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen