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is this sentence correct?

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abhishek p john
 
Reply Mon 3 Jan, 2011 03:44 am
it did took some time
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 3 Jan, 2011 04:04 am
No, that sentence is not correct. It works quite well reading: "It took some time."
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JTT
 
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Reply Mon 3 Jan, 2011 01:02 pm
@abhishek p john,
it did took some time

You might be looking for the emphatic,

It did take some time.

where the past is signaled by the auxiliary verb 'did'.
McTag
 
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Reply Mon 3 Jan, 2011 03:12 pm

Is that how you spell "signalled"?

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Fido
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jan, 2011 10:10 pm
@JTT,
Ya; I finished my taxes; but it did take some time, and actually, a lot of time..
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