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    English question

    She .... emailed me since before my birthday ( fill in the spots )
    Is Hadn't grammatically correct?

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    She has not emailed me anytime before my birthday.

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    She had not emailed me anytime before my birthday. (Pretty sure that one is correct)

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    She did not email me before my birthday.
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    hadn't is in the past tense
    yes it is correct
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freedom(GG) View Post
    hadn't is in the past tense
    yes it is correct
    Hadn't is correct but isn't the sentence wrong? I'm not sure so i'm asking
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    Quote Originally Posted by flex1178 View Post
    Hadn't is correct but isn't the sentence wrong? I'm not sure so i'm asking
    you mean he put another past tense ? "emailed" ? yes i guess
    unless he changed it to hasn't then the sentence would be correct AFAIK but correct me if I'm wrong
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