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| Autor: | Cinder |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 10/FEV/2009 12:00 AM |
| Assunto: | Haven´t / Didn't |
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Either of - ‘Didn’t you know?’ or ‘Haven’t you heard?’ – would be the appropriate response.
Off the top of my heard, ‘have + known’ tends to be reserved for discussion of length of acquaintance, as in ‘I have known Mr X for ‘so many’ years.’ (There's more to this but I'm too lazy to consult the instructive texts)
‘Haven’t you finished yet?’ would appear to be distinctly more impatient. |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Haven´t you known it? Didn´t you know? Aman 09/FEV/2009, 8:17 PM
Haven´t / Didn't Cinder 10/FEV/2009, 12:00 AM

Haven´t / Didn't renan 10/FEV/2009, 1:53 AM