Oh dear, Philippe. As if reported speech were not a big enough problem (on
which young Mr Barker is entirely correct, even if not well understood),
the use of auxiliary verbs in English is even trickier.
As best I can explain it 'did' is used in English where one would use the
past imperfect tense in French. But I am not sure ygat *was* yiur wuestion!
Piers
On 13 Nov 2014 21:21, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
> That was a real question from a non native photographer ;-)
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
> Le 13 nov. 14 à 22:13, ChrisB a écrit :
>
> “Did”?
>>
>> It’s probably time to move back to photography, Phlippe. I haven’t seen
>> any of your work for a while.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 13 Nov 2014, at 19:40, philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hasn't McLuhan said the mangle is the message?
>>>
>>> Why 'did' BTW?
>>>
>>> Philippe
>>>
>>
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