2020年6月8日 · @ambitious_ph1lologist Thanks for the heads up. I don't know how I'm going to be able to edit my answer. Maybe Word detects "weren't" and not "didn't" but I'm not sure. I'm not a Word expert. I think however, regardless of the particular contraction, the …

"I don't receive the package", or "I didn't receive the package"? //Warning: not a native speaker "I haven't received the package." Please explain why. Generally answer uses the same verb form as the question. At least textbooks teach English this way. Q: Did you receive the package? A: Yes, I did. Q: Do you accept the package? A: Yes, I do.

If I didn't eat my greens, I got no dessert. Your sentence (If I didn't come to the meeting, it wouldn't happen) belongs either in category 2. For example: If I didn't come (go is more likely) to the meeting, it wouldn't happen (e.g. I wouldn't get my monthly bonus.) - …

Did you have lunch at home yesterday? (1) No, I haven't. (2) No, I hadn't. (3) No, I didn't. (4) No, I don't. The relevant word in the question is did, and the corresponding word in the reply would be didn't. So 3. is correct. In the US you might not always find consistency in this. There is this bit of dialogue from a TV cop show:

2016年4月28日 · Didn't is the literal and correct formal usage. Won't is a metaphor. You are implying that the image could choose. Shall I, shan't I show up on the screen. And you are having a battle of wills with the image. This is an example of the Pathetic fallacy: it's fine to say 'Won't' - it adds a human dimension to your writing.

2014年10月26日 · 'I've had no breakfast' means the same as 'I didn't have breakfast' 'Did you have any breakfast?' is the same as 'Have you had any breakfast?' A little tip is; If HAVE-HAS use HAD. i.e, They've had, you've had, we've, I've, He's, She's, It's etc. Just be careful when it comes to Tense, and the meaning is different. 'I have an idea', 'I had an idea'

2021年9月20日 · Didn't, i.e. did not is in past tense and does not agree with the rest of the sentence and therefore, you would need to tweak the second half for it to properly fit: Makki and Mattsun didn't have time to execute their plan, for two not-so-soon-expected guests suddenly made an outstanding entrance!

2015年12月3日 · Didn't think would be the correct usage here. Perhaps this is helpful: -Use "didn't think" to describe specific actions or events you didn't think would happen. For example, I didn't think I would make it. Or, I didn't think you would call. Or, I didn't think the concert was tonight.

In Germany, our English teachers always taught us that contractions like "didn't", "he's", "won't" and so on are perfectly valid to use also in written English. The only difference to writing the long version, consisting of two words, was that it would only count as one word.

“Didn't” however implies a statement about the past, i.e. what has already happened. In my view the “didn't” and “yet” in your second example therefore don't fit naturally together. Note that there are constructions where “didn't” and “yet” would go together, for example “they didn't know yet.”