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feat: Flag unnecessary do-past-tenses #579

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hippietrail opened this issue Feb 3, 2025 · 0 comments
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feat: Flag unnecessary do-past-tenses #579

hippietrail opened this issue Feb 3, 2025 · 0 comments
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It's quite common in English from non-native speakers who speak some European languages to unnecessarily use "did" in past tense constructions. For example: Which PDP-8 boot process variations did exist? → Which PDP-8 boot process variations existed?

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I'll keep me eye open for any discussion of this. Might exist on sites that list common mistakes for ESL students.

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Will start a list with the one I used in the description:

  • Which PDP-8 boot process variations did exist? → Which PDP-8 boot process variations existed?
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