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Bookmark or Share- "No, I hadn't." vs "No, I didn't." - English Language & Usage Stack ...Did you have lunch at home yesterday? (1) No, I haven't. (2) No, I hadn't. (3) No, I didn't. (4) No, I don't. The relevant word in the question is did, and the corresponding word in the reply would be didn't. So 3. is correct. In the US you might not always find consistency in this. There is this bit of dialogue from a TV cop show:
- grammar - If conditional "didn't" vs "hadn't" - English Language ...If I didn't eat my greens, I got no dessert. Your sentence (If I didn't come to the meeting, it wouldn't happen) belongs either in category 2. For example: If I didn't come (go is more likely) to the meeting, it wouldn't happen (e.g. I wouldn't get my monthly bonus.) - but I'm definitely planning to attend.
- proper usage of didn't had or didnt have [closed]'I've had no breakfast' means the same as 'I didn't have breakfast' 'Did you have any breakfast?' is the same as 'Have you had any breakfast?' A little tip is; If HAVE-HAS use HAD. i.e, They've had, you've had, we've, I've, He's, She's, It's etc. Just be careful when it comes to Tense, and the meaning is different. 'I have an idea', 'I had an idea'
- politeness - How should I tell someone "I called you but you didn't ...Any sentence that implies "you didn't answer", suggests they made an active decision to not pick up the phone. It's accusatory by nature . Even the extended description says "sometimes they don't answer".
- "Why didn't he" vs. "Why did not he" [duplicate]2 -The shortened form is "Why didn't he come to work?" This is something that confuses learners. But almost everybody discovers by reading that in the long form (1) "did" and "not" don't stand together. Everybody has to learn this except Germans who say it in the same way. I mean the long form. We don't use a contraction such as didn't.
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