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#2 (permalink) Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:26 am Usage of 'did' |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:51 am Usage of 'did' |
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What exactly do you mean by that, Haihao? _________________ Non-native speaker of English
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Daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:03 am Usage of 'did' |
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They refer to the file or folder that was made (created) yesterday, not one that was previously sent. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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Beeesneees Language Coach

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#5 (permalink) Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:11 am Usage of 'did' |
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Thanks a lot, Bee!
Does that mean that the two sets of sentences do not mean the same?
Say, someone sent me (copy of) a file yesterday by email and I have mistakenly deleted it. I want them to send it again now. What would I say?
Please send me the file you sent yesterday.
Would did work in place of sent? _________________ Non-native speaker of English
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Daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:24 am Usage of 'did' |
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Generally: Send me the file... send it only to me / send it directly by e-mail. Share the folder... share it with a group of people / place it onto a network or the internet in a public folder so that other people can download it.
'file' and 'folder' might also have different meanings. In computing a file is a set of related data that has its own name. A folder contains groups of files stored together. However, many people use the terms interchangeably.
If I wanted someone to send me a file for a second time, I would say something like, "Please can you resend the file that you sent yesterday?"
"Please send me the file you did yesterday" would work, but "please send me the file you created yesterday" would be better. Other verbs you could use: ...put together yesterday ... completed yesterday ... made yesterday
As Haihao says, if it was a file made previously that was updated yesterday, then you could also use: ... renewed yesterday ... updated yesterday ... revised yesterday. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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