Jan 8, 2023 · It didn't hurt that she has been strategic about marketing herself and the firm through the media. I wonder what the difference in meaning between doesn't and didn't is in the above contexts.

Oct 4, 2015 · The auxiliary verb of the main clause tells us which of doesn't he, hasn't he and isn't it we should use in the tag. We use the same auxiliary verb in both the main clause and in the tag. This …

Jan 17, 2017 · An English /t/ at the end of a word is usually pronounced without any audible release if there is no following vowel. There are three stages in the production of a plosive sound /p, t, k, b, d/ …

Oct 5, 2016 · When the t is a part of stressed syllable and is preceded by a vowel, it often gets doubled in present participle and past participle. Examples: Submit has two syllables, the t is a part of the …

Jun 13, 2016 · 3 He said with didn't you don't use another past verb form. This is a good heuristic, though I don't recall anything about "double past" in school myself. But it still works. The technical …

Mar 18, 2021 · This isn't particularly an American thing. All Anglophones have a tendency to discard consonants like the /t/ in, say, wannabe. Well, actually, for that specific example it's a bit more than a …

Dec 1, 2014 · That can't be Obama at the door, it's too early. That couldn't be Obama at the door, it's too early. What is the difference between them? Are they almost the same?

Nov 28, 2022 · I haven't had my breakfast yet [this morning]. I hadn't had my breakfast when I got your phone call yesterday morning. Because I overslept, I didn't have my breakfast until 10 p.m.

Why don't you go to Dad? [to complain, suggestion] Why won't you go to Dad? implies the person didn't want to go to Dad before and the other person thinks he should.

What's the differences between won't and will not? Do they have the exact same meaning in all contexts? If not, I would really appreciate some examples.