Did u tell or told? Yes. They’re equally natural.
Have you told him treats the telling as an act which continues to have relevance to now, did you tell him treats it as a completed act
. Both forms are available in most cases.
Did someone tell or told?
Simple explanation is
tell is present tense
. What did I tell you? Told is past tense, something you already stated. Don’t you remember, I told you about it yesterday.
Did not tell or told?
What if I tell you or told?
The answer to your question is simple. When we say “ if I tell you” that means there is higher likelihood of you telling the person what it is. On the contrary, when we say “ if I told you” that indicates a slim-to no chance of you ever telling the person what it is.
Did you tell him meaning?
Did YOU tell him?’ is a the meaning of the ‘
Was it you who told him?’
Did I ever tell you meaning?
Linguistically, “Did I ever tell you?”
focuses on the past as a time prior to the present
; “Have I ever told you?” focuses on the past as it extends into the present (that’s the basic meaning of the present perfect, to connect the past and the present).
Did you say or said?
The verb, “said” , is past tense. The correct word “say “is present tense. “ What did you just say?”
No, the correct way to say it is.
How do you use told?
The past simple of say is said,
the past simple of tell is told
: They asked if I was looking for work and I said yes. Then he told me how he had got the job by lying about his age. We use say and tell in different ways in reported speech.
How do you use told in a sentence?
[M] [T]
He told me about the change in the plan.
[M] [T] She told him that it would rain all day. [M] [T] He told me that his father was a teacher. [M] [T] He told me that I should be more careful.
Is didn’t I told you correct?
Didn’t I told you is grammatically incorrect
. Didn’t I TELL you is grammatically correct. Didn’t I tell you indicates you have shared that incident/information with him/her but they seem to have forgotten it.
Should have tell or told?
“You should tell me” = “It would be good if you tell me (this thing) now or soon.” “You should have told me.” Means that something happened in the past that is affecting the present
. By not telling the other person, they no longer have the ability to help you at all or as well as they could have.
Has told or had told?
Both are correct, it just depends on the situation
. “He has told me” is the present perfect tense, while “He has told me” is the past perfect tense. You can say both: He has told me every day since we met that he loves me. He had told me to be quiet but I didn’t listen.
What if I told you example?
What if I told you this: “
It may be that we haven’t seen anything yet
“. What if I told you the man I’m talking about isn’t him,” she says as Mr. Obama’s photo dissolves. “What if I told you that I put my whole life into Tintin?” he asked Peeters shortly before his death.
What say you grammar?
“What say you?” “What say you?” is an odd construction.
It’s used to ask someone “what do you think about this?”
It is certainly not as common as “What do you say?” or “What do you think?” or “What is your opinion?” — but it is idiomatic English. It is old-fashioned and appears mostly in spoken English these days.
Can tell means?
—
used to say that something seems to one to be certain way
.
What did I tell you meaning?
Definition of what did I tell you
—
used to say to someone that he or she should have listened and followed one’s advice
“The car turned out to be a lemon!” “What did I tell you?”
What is the noun form of tell?
noun (1) ˈtel plural tells. Definition of tell (Entry 2 of 3) 1 :
an inadvertent behavior or mannerism that betrays a poker player’s true thoughts, intentions, or emotions
The World Series of Poker: earth’s greatest liars gathered together with millions of dollars on the line … .
What is a telling verb?
Did you hear what I said grammar?
Did you hear what I say? is
neither grammatical, nor idiomatic
. But you could say Do you hear what I say?, but this will almost always sound impolite. Both of the above could carry the implication that the person was not listening when they should have been.
What is told in indirect speech?
Reported or indirect speech is
usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken
. We use reporting verbs like ‘say’, ‘tell’, ‘ask’, and we may use the word ‘that’ to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used. She said, “I saw him.” (
What did you say voice change?
Answer: “
What was said by you?
” is a passive voice of the given sentence. Explanation: The ‘active voice’ implies to a sentence where the subject performs an action on an object.
Do you ask or tell?
You might argue that
ask is more polite as asking for something is the same as requesting it
, whereas telling someone to do something is the same as instructing or ordering them, but in this example either is appropriate.
Is told to correct?
If you must use the preposition “to”, then this is the correct way
– I said to him. There’s more to this rule. If you are familiar with the concept of reported / indirect speech, you must use “said to” for direct speech and “told” for indirect speech.
Can we use told in direct speech?
Say and tell are the two verbs most commonly used to report statements in English. We can use either say or tell to do this. The main difference is that
when we use told we normally say who is spoken to, so we have to use it with a direct personal object
.
Have been told meaning?
I have been told, means
someone told this to you in the past and the information is relevant now
. “I am told Budapest is a beautiful city” You hear this quite commonly. “I have been told to go to my exam tomorrow” One specific person gave me the instruction and it is important at the moment.
Who said or who told?
Though both carry the same meaning, usage is in different contexts. Generally
in the Direct Speech “said” is used and in the Indirect Speech “told” is used
. Originally Answered: What is the difference between said and told ? 1.
Why didn’t you tell me meaning?
“Why wouldn’t you tell me that?”, as you say, is asking for the reason for the other person’s unwillingness to tell about a possibly hypothetical situation, while “Why didn’t you tell me that?” merely
asks for the reason for the failure to tell of an actual situation
.
Who do you want or whom do you want?
Would have tell or told?
When talking about something that didn’t happen in the past, many English speakers use the conditional perfect (if I would have done) when they should be using the past perfect (if I had done). If I had known, [then] I would have told you.
If I would have known, I would have told you.
Is told a past tense?
Tell Past Tense.
past tense of tell is told
.
Could tell or could told?
Is I had told correct?
Grammatically,
both versions are correct
.
Had said or had told?
Many learners are confused about when to use
said – the past tense of the verb say – and told – the past tense of tell
, because their meanings are so close. The main meaning of the verb tell is to “speak or write something to someone.” The main meaning of say is to “use your voice to express something in words.”
Is it correct to say I have told her?
Both are correct
. “As I have told you (I’ve)” suggests s/he has told him/her on at leaat several occasions.
What if I said Meaning?
This example is most likely meant as
a “counterfactual” about the past
(What if I told you yesterday = What if it were the case that I told you yesterday), present (What if I told you now), or future (What if I told you tomorrow), but it could be a question about the real past (What if it.
