Should I use did or the past tense of verb
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Example :
If someone asks " did you walk him home?"
Should I say :
EX1: Yes! I did walk him home.
EX2: Yes! I walked him home.
So what is the difference between them? and when to use them correctly. Thank you
past-tense grammatical-structure past-participle
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Example :
If someone asks " did you walk him home?"
Should I say :
EX1: Yes! I did walk him home.
EX2: Yes! I walked him home.
So what is the difference between them? and when to use them correctly. Thank you
past-tense grammatical-structure past-participle
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Both are correct and both have the same meaning. However, in school they might ask you to use (EX1) as the answer. This might be to train you on how to turn the sentence from interrogative mood to indicative mood, while keeping the same construction using the auxiliary did. Well, in that case the answer would be the one-sentence answer Yes, I did walk him home.
– user334738
12 hours ago
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In real life, you would just say 'Yes, I did.'
– Kate Bunting
10 hours ago
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Yes,I did walk him home.=emphatic. The other is not. And Kate Bunting is right,too.
– Lambie
6 hours ago
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Example :
If someone asks " did you walk him home?"
Should I say :
EX1: Yes! I did walk him home.
EX2: Yes! I walked him home.
So what is the difference between them? and when to use them correctly. Thank you
past-tense grammatical-structure past-participle
asked 12 hours ago
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Example :
If someone asks " did you walk him home?"
Should I say :
EX1: Yes! I did walk him home.
EX2: Yes! I walked him home.
So what is the difference between them? and when to use them correctly. Thank you
past-tense grammatical-structure past-participle
past-tense grammatical-structure past-participle
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Both are correct and both have the same meaning. However, in school they might ask you to use (EX1) as the answer. This might be to train you on how to turn the sentence from interrogative mood to indicative mood, while keeping the same construction using the auxiliary did. Well, in that case the answer would be the one-sentence answer Yes, I did walk him home.
– user334738
12 hours ago
1
In real life, you would just say 'Yes, I did.'
– Kate Bunting
10 hours ago
1
Yes,I did walk him home.=emphatic. The other is not. And Kate Bunting is right,too.
– Lambie
6 hours ago
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1
Both are correct and both have the same meaning. However, in school they might ask you to use (EX1) as the answer. This might be to train you on how to turn the sentence from interrogative mood to indicative mood, while keeping the same construction using the auxiliary did. Well, in that case the answer would be the one-sentence answer Yes, I did walk him home.
– user334738
12 hours ago
1
In real life, you would just say 'Yes, I did.'
– Kate Bunting
10 hours ago
1
Yes,I did walk him home.=emphatic. The other is not. And Kate Bunting is right,too.
– Lambie
6 hours ago
1
1
Both are correct and both have the same meaning. However, in school they might ask you to use (EX1) as the answer. This might be to train you on how to turn the sentence from interrogative mood to indicative mood, while keeping the same construction using the auxiliary did. Well, in that case the answer would be the one-sentence answer Yes, I did walk him home.
– user334738
12 hours ago
Both are correct and both have the same meaning. However, in school they might ask you to use (EX1) as the answer. This might be to train you on how to turn the sentence from interrogative mood to indicative mood, while keeping the same construction using the auxiliary did. Well, in that case the answer would be the one-sentence answer Yes, I did walk him home.
– user334738
12 hours ago
1
1
In real life, you would just say 'Yes, I did.'
– Kate Bunting
10 hours ago
In real life, you would just say 'Yes, I did.'
– Kate Bunting
10 hours ago
1
1
Yes,I did walk him home.=emphatic. The other is not. And Kate Bunting is right,too.
– Lambie
6 hours ago
Yes,I did walk him home.=emphatic. The other is not. And Kate Bunting is right,too.
– Lambie
6 hours ago
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Unless you want to sound insistent (or else awkward or stilted), go with "I walked".
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Unless you want to sound insistent (or else awkward or stilted), go with "I walked".
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Both are correct and both have the same meaning. However, in school they might ask you to use (EX1) as the answer. This might be to train you on how to turn the sentence from interrogative mood to indicative mood, while keeping the same construction using the auxiliary did. Well, in that case the answer would be the one-sentence answer Yes, I did walk him home.
– user334738
12 hours ago
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In real life, you would just say 'Yes, I did.'
– Kate Bunting
10 hours ago
1
Yes,I did walk him home.=emphatic. The other is not. And Kate Bunting is right,too.
– Lambie
6 hours ago