Sunday, May 27, 2007

ToBE #40: WHere did you went last weekend?

The use of double past tense (…did you went…) is so rampant that this entire edition is dedicated to it. This, again, is the courtesy of a reader who frowns involuntarily every time his boss says it.


Consider this: Will you ever say “What did you did today?”
No, right? You will probably ask, “What did you do today?”

Likewise, it should be “Where did you go last weekend?”

The following table is again a suggestion of another reader.

Wrong

Correct

Did you saw the e-mail that I sent?

Did you see the mail that I sent?

What did you ate/had for lunch?

What did you eat/have for lunch?

I did not went there.

I did not go there.

Did he drank some water?

Did he drink some water?

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