When I was watching “Mr.Robot” on Netflix, a character asked to another one that “Did you know that I'm gay?” I think the sentence should be “Did you know that I WAS gay?” or “Do you know that I am

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When I was watching “Mr.Robot” on Netflix, a character asked to another one that “Did you know that I'm gay?” I think the sentence should be “Did you know that I WAS gay?” or “Do you know that I am gay?” I'm confused.🤔🤔

8 feb. 2022 13:36

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I think the issue is that in the ‘was gay’ sentence, there’s an implication that the person used to be but is no longer. So we use the present simple so that misunderstanding can’t be made

8 februari 2022

Simon has explained why it’s not “was” You can use either “did” or “do”. “Did you know” meaning “did you learn it before right now”, or “do you know” meaning “are you aware now”. In either case, your awareness is there in the present moment.

8 februari 2022

My pleasure. I agree that it’s a confusing grammas point because using was implies the past tense. So if we say ‘I thought he was a teacher’, it does implies he used to be one but isn’t any longer

9 februari 2022

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