TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA good deal of IT work, toolemmy.worldimagemessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up11.32Karrow-down144
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minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃linkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoIn the English language, an action I “had done” is before an action I “did.” It’s a grammatical case, not an inference.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoHe stated that he had not done it, not that he had not done it before.
minus-squaresaigot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoNo native English speaker would say it like that. You’d say “doing something I never even did”.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoNo native English speaker would say it like you said.
In the English language, an action I “had done” is before an action I “did.” It’s a grammatical case, not an inference.
He stated that he had not done it, not that he had not done it before.
No native English speaker would say it like that. You’d say “doing something I never even did”.
No native English speaker would say it like you said.