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Fri 12 Apr, 2013 10:13 pm
Hi English teachers,
does the below sentence mean we did not notice the broken window until later? Many thanks in advance.
Not until later we did notice the broken window.
@roger,
good afternoon roger,
thank you for your answer.
@Loh Jane,
A small quibble--the native speaker would write:
Not until later did we notice the broken window.
@Setanta,
No they wouldn't. They'd say, 'We didn't notice the window was broken until later.'
@Setanta,
Hi Sentanta,
you are right,I copied wrongly,thank you.
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:
No they wouldn't. They'd say, 'We didn't notice the window was broken until later.'
They could (and do) use either, depending on various things e.g. how formal they were being, whether they were writing or speaking, and indeed whether they were aware of the more formal "did we" form.
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