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did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone)



 
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did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone) #1 (permalink) Sat Oct 13, 2007 16:18 pm   did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone)
 

---You shouldn't have gone there alone.

---But I _____, because Tom went there, too.

A. didn't B. did

which is right? Can A mean "I didn't go there alone" or B mean" I did go there."
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did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone) #2 (permalink) Sat Oct 13, 2007 19:39 pm   did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone)
 

Hi, Vaok

A is the right choice since it says that Tom went there with him - he/she was not alone
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did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone) #3 (permalink) Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:26 am   did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone)
 

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did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone) #4 (permalink) Sun Oct 14, 2007 20:39 pm   did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone)
 

I agree with Lost_Soul.

A (didn't) is correct.

The first person says: "You shouldn't have gone there alone."
That means that the first person believes that the second person went there alone and thinks that going there alone was not a good idea.

The second person then replies: "But I didn't (go there alone), because Tom went there, too."

In other words, the first person thought "went there alone" was true, but that was not true. The second person didn't go there alone.
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did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone) #5 (permalink) Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:52 am   did or didn't? (You shouldn't have gone there alone)
 

Amy, thak you very much indeed. now I m sure the suggested answer B is wrong.
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