{"id":3348,"date":"2015-08-24T14:59:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T12:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rockyourenglish.com\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2015-08-24T14:59:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T12:59:26","slug":"1-thing-not-to-do-in-english-today-or-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffiduberman.com\/nl\/1-thing-not-to-do-in-english-today-or-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Thing Not To Do In English Today. (Or Tomorrow.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Promise me something, darling. Promise me that you won\u2019t do this 1 thing today. Or tomorrow. Or ever again. That would make my life so much better. And yours, too!<\/p>\n<p>Here it is. It\u2019s saying things like\u00a0<em>\u201cI didn\u2019t went there<\/em>\u201d, \u201c<em>I didn\u2019t knew that<\/em>\u201d, or \u201c<em>Did you saw that\u2026<\/em>\u201d? This makes me sad. You don\u2019t want to see me sad, do you? I get sad because this is soooo easy to fix.<\/p>\n<p>All you have to do is\u2026think of a battery. (Trust me. It will all make sense in a moment.) A battery only works if there\u2019s a positive and a negative side. If a battery has 2 positive sides, it won\u2019t work. Same goes for having 2 negative sides. If you have the word \u2018<em>did\u2019<\/em>\u00a0in your sentence or question, that is in the Past Simple tense. If you already have that word in the past, then you need the next verb to be in the present tense.\u00a0<em>Did + go, did + know, and Did + see<\/em>\u00a0are the ones you need! BINGO! If you have \u2018didn\u2019t went\u2019, that\u2019s 2 times in the past and that\u2019s like having a battery with 2 negatives. If you have a past (\u201cdid\u201d) then use the present (\u201cgo\u201d, \u201cknow\u201d, \u201csee\u201d) to make that sentence or question ROCK!<\/p>\n<p>The magical unicorn beauty of this is that is also works for the Present Perfect. If you have \u201c<em>Have you see him lately<\/em>?\u201d that\u2019s wrong. Can you see why? It\u2019s because you have the\u00a0<em>present tense<\/em>\u00a0twice. Remember the theory \u2013 one verb in the past and one in the present. It should be \u201cHave you SEEN him lately?\u201d because \u2018seen\u2019 is the past participle (that\u2019s sexy talk for page 155 of Rock Your English!) of the verb \u2018to see\u2019. So if you have \u2018have\u2019 or \u2018has\u2019 in your sentence as part of the Present Perfect, make sure your next verb is the past participle! \u00a0Not \u201chas she meet\u201d (sad smiley face) but \u201chas she met\u201d (super happy smiley face AND A HIGH FIVE).<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps you rock your English communication today. And I hope your (grammatical) batteries got an extra charge!<\/p>\n<p>Wit lof and kisses (this has nothing to do with the wine I had at lunch)<\/p>\n<p>XXX buffi<\/p>\n<p>PS: You can still sign up for my newest Masterclass &#8220;Presenting Comfortably&#8221;, where Nancy Poleon,\u00a0Astrid Rose\u00a0and I will help you polish, perfect and practise your presentation! My clients get half off &#8211; only 49 euros for 2.5 hours of effective\u00a0coaching with personal feedback! It&#8217;s on 14 September, and space is limited and filling up fast. \u00a0Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandedu.nl\/en\/presentation-masterclass\/\" target=\"_blank\">hier<\/a>\u00a0for more info. Can&#8217;t wait to see you there!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promise me something, darling. Promise me that you won\u2019t do this 1 thing today. Or tomorrow. Or ever again. That would make my life so much better. And yours, too! Here it is. 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