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normandey
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Answer this question
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Do you know where ............................... the previous day? a) Dina went b) did Dina go c) Dina had gone d) had Dina gone |
10 May 2021
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mfraczek
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a) Went (Indirect speech after the verb know) |
10 May 2021
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Фёдор
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Hello, dear friends! I think, that the right answer is the letter "a". Best wishes, Fedor. |
10 May 2021
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yanogator
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I�m going against the trend here, but "the previous day" stands out in this sentence. It indicates that the original direct statement had said "yesterday". Based on that, I reconstruct the original statement as "Where did Dina go yesterday?" Using the "rules" of reported speech, we move the verb tense back, so the formal answer would be Do you know where Dina had gone the previous day? However, in common speech, especially in the US, just about everyone would say "Do you know where Dina went the day before?" Bruce
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10 May 2021
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douglas
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I�m kind of with Bruce on this. I didn�t give an answer because I am undecided between a and c. I tend towards c, but can�t give a good reason why a is wrong. |
11 May 2021
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Aisha77
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I must say when I went to Ireland I had my grammar pretty fresh and I would always say "had gone" as you both say, but listening to Irish people for years I started to use the past tense also... I found this page from BBC where they use the verb "went" in the same sentence... Have a wonderful week you all! Aisha ;)
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11 May 2021
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yanogator
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@Aisha, Don�t forget that my choice was based on the words "the previous day". Your example uses "last night", and if normandey�s sentence had been "Do you know where ..........................yesterday", I, too, would have chosen a. Now that I have thought more about it, I will say that c is the only correct answer, because "Do you know where Dina went the previous day?" just doesn�t sound good, because of "the previous day" instead of "yesterday." Bruce |
11 May 2021
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Aisha77
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Fair enough!! You are right! That�s why I love so much this place!!!!!  Do you know?? I have troubles also in Spanish when explaining things that I just know how to tell them but don�t know the reason it should be that way... My husband is from Morocco and he speaks perfect Spanish, but sometimes he questions things that I don�t, for the same reason I said: as a native, I talk but don�t wonder whether it should be this way or the other... Have a lovely rest of the week!! Cheers! ;) Aisha |
11 May 2021
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normandey
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Thanks for all your posts. Really , I appreciate them all. Great thanks to yanogator .
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11 May 2021
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