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eleonoramaria
31 maggio 2017 at 20:58
Fortunately, we don’t have to wait for long.
Tony
31 maggio 2017 at 21:17
Good idea, but you’ve changed the tense…
roberta
31 maggio 2017 at 08:43
uhmmmm you wrong
Fortunately,we didn’t have to wait for long.
Tony
31 maggio 2017 at 10:45
Ah! I had a feeling there was something wrong. Thank you, Roberta!
N.B. You’re wrong / You’ve made a mistake
roberta
31 maggio 2017 at 11:32
..my pleasure 🙂
nahhhh I made it on purpose…:)
Tony
31 maggio 2017 at 11:34
Ahem… “I DID it on purpose.” oops… What, again?
roberta
1 giugno 2017 at 08:01
oh my God !!!! I’ve always said “to do it on p..” but today NO ,today I had to say it wrong!!!!!
Tony
1 giugno 2017 at 08:22
It happens…
Gianna
30 maggio 2017 at 18:57
Hi, it’s possible to say ” Fortunately we didn’t wait for long. Thanks.
Tony
30 maggio 2017 at 19:38
Hi Gianna. Yes, it is possible but you lose the sense of “dovere”.
Patrizia Bacchetta
30 maggio 2017 at 17:18
I’m sorry.
We didn’t have to wait for long.
I confused with the past perfect.
Tony
30 maggio 2017 at 17:28
Okay! Now you’re talking.
Patrizia Bacchetta
30 maggio 2017 at 17:11
Fortunately, we hadn’t waited for long
Tony
30 maggio 2017 at 17:12
Così, però, perdi il senso di “dovere”…
Antonino Fenucciu
30 maggio 2017 at 12:27
we haven’t had to wait for so long. Or we didn’t to wait for so long.
Antonino Fenucciu
30 maggio 2017 at 12:28
we didn’t have to or we haven’t had to sorry
Tony
30 maggio 2017 at 12:39
Hi Antonino. Well, both forms are possible but I think the simple past is much more probable in this kind of construction. The present perfect variation would only be possible if the person speaking is still in the place where the waiting happened and the waiting has just finished.
Antonino Fenucciu
30 maggio 2017 at 15:22
Thank you Tony.
Tony
30 maggio 2017 at 15:30
😀
Antonino Fenucciu
30 maggio 2017 at 20:43
Hi Tony, and speaking of “dovere” I’ve just found out another form of conditional other than “should” that is “where to”. Have you already discussed it?
Tony
30 maggio 2017 at 20:48
I’m not sure what you mean by “where to”. Can you give me an example?
Adesso ho capito. Dai un’occhiata qui:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv103.shtml
Antonino Fenucciu
30 maggio 2017 at 20:51
sorry I mean were to
Antonino Fenucciu
30 maggio 2017 at 20:52
Obviously, if this were to get out…
Antonino Fenucciu
30 maggio 2017 at 20:54
se non ho capito male si traduce “dovesse” ma non ho capito se si coniuga o meno o quando si usa.
Antonino Fenucciu
30 maggio 2017 at 21:27
Thank you very much Tony. (comunque lo trovo spesso usato dai giornalisti, credo anche che devo aumentare i gradi dei miei occhiali)
Tony
30 maggio 2017 at 21:29
Journalistic English is a special category!
Antonino Fenucciu
30 maggio 2017 at 22:55
quindi è una contrazione giornalistica di be going to (The Prime Minister is to make a further visit to..) Oppure si usa per dare ordini formali (credo che sia una attenuazione di must) oppure nelle if clause. Le forme passive Be to + passive infinitive o be to + perfect infinitive le ho lasciate perdere troppo avanzate per me adesso. Grazie di tutto Tony.
Tony
31 maggio 2017 at 06:09
Non è prettamente giornalistico, ma in realtà forse viene sfruttato maggiormente in quel campo. Come he detto non si usa quasi per niente nell’inglese parlato. È un modo di riferirsi formalmente ad un ordine senza fare riferimento alla fonte dell’ordine. “Have to” fa lo stesso lavora ma è informale.
Sandro
30 maggio 2017 at 08:41
HI prof,
Fortunately, we didn’t have to wait for long
Tony
30 maggio 2017 at 12:37
Very good, Sandro.
sandro
29 maggio 2017 at 21:05
fortunately we didn’t have to wait for a long time
Tony
29 maggio 2017 at 21:27
Good work with the verb, Sandro. However, “for long” is used a lot in negative and interrogative sentences.