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'at your convenience' vs 'to your convenience' | "a quid pro quo arrangement"
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hadn't got or didn't have? #1 (permalink) Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:31 pm   hadn't got or didn't have?
 

Hi

What is the difference between

I hadn't got any apples
and
I didn't have any apples

thanks
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hadn't got or didn't have? #2 (permalink) Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:42 pm   hadn't got or didn't have?
 

'Hadn't got' might be used in informal British English, though not half as much as 'didn't have'.
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