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Gabriel
go/come
Hi, there
Let's say a friend of mine went to a party and, when he came back, he told me that someone I don't like was there. If I want to say I was lucky I wasn't there/went/came, should I say
"Good thing I didn't come" (edited)
or
"Good thing I didn't go"
Do either of these sentences work?
Thank you
14 maj 2016 22:41
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"Good thing I didn't go"
14 maja 2016
1
You just have a past form of verb do ( didn't) so the other verb needs to be in present. That means that the answer '' didn't came'' is incorrect.
I would say '' Good thing I didn't go ''.
14 maja 2016
1
"Good thing I didn't came" is not possible.
"Do"+a verb here is a modal auxiliary (helping verb). When using a modal auxiliary, you must use the uninflected (unchanged) form of the verb.
Good thing I didn't came = Incorrect
Good thing I didn't come= Correct
Good thing I didn't went= Incorrect
Good thing I didn't go= Correct
In your example, either "Good thing I didn't come" or "Good thing I didn't go" are both possible options, meaning essentially the same thing.
14 maja 2016
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