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| Autor: | pat |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 20/NOV/2003 8:34 PM |
| Assunto: | Re: Why is this sentence correct? |
| Mensagem: | It is correct because 'had' is in past tense; both verbs cannot be in past tense so the second must be present. Otherwise one can say: 'Yesterday my cleaning lady did (or made) all the beds' In american english, 'make' the bed is more commonly used than 'do' the bed. If you use the present participle in that construction, the sense is a bit different: 'yesterday I had the cleaning lady making all the beds'..... It is unclear whether the job was finished or not. |
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Why is this sentence correct? – Beto 20/NOV/2003, 2:37 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – David 20/NOV/2003, 2:59 PM 
Re: Why is this sentence correct? – pat 20/NOV/2003, 8:34 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – Cibelle 20/NOV/2003, 9:36 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – José Roberto 
20/NOV/2003, 11:29 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – carmen 21/NOV/2003, 11:35 AM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – André Oliveira 20/NOV/2003, 3:20 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – sandra tiriba 20/NOV/2003, 4:57 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – André Oliveira 20/NOV/2003, 5:36 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – Adam 20/NOV/2003, 5:33 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – Beto 20/NOV/2003, 6:38 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – sandra tiriba 21/NOV/2003, 10:59 AM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – Tom 22/NOV/2003, 11:15 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – helcio 20/NOV/2003, 10:27 PM Re: Why is this sentence correct? – Aman 06/MAR/2006, 12:04 AM