DID you ever (driven/drove/drive) to the beach (before)?
Would appreciate the difference between "have", "had" and "did" and the difference between "driven", "drive" and "drove" in this context.
Is "before" necessary at the end of the sentence?
Ah, I would take myself as an English speaking person, but suddenly I feel there is not much I know.
Thank you grammarians...
2007-09-12 14:58:31 · 8 answers · asked by sweet_sunshine 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Have you ever driven to the beach before? You could ask this of someone that has just driven to the beach if you want to know if they have done it a previous time.
Have you ever driven to the beach? This question asks only if the person has had this experience.
Did you drive to the beach? Question on how the person got to the beach. Did you drive to the beach before? Another way to ask if they have driven previously.
Had you driven to the beach? Asking if you drove to the beach in the past.
You add "before" to the question if you want to know if it was done a previous time.
2007-09-12 15:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by realbohemian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate math but love reading and English. I'm sorry sister,but I got lost on my trip while reading this question, XD. Yes, I have had Driven to the beach numerous times.
2007-09-12 15:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by rockindeadhead 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a native speaker, I'd write "Have you ever driven to the beach?" Before is redundant, and thus unnecessary.
Drive, drove, and driven are the present, past, and past participle tenses of the verb drive. Have generally expresses continuing action, where had and did express past action.
If this or another answer here proves helpful in your research, you can encourage good answers by choosing one answer as the "best answer."
Cheers,
Bruce
2007-09-12 15:03:02 · answer #3 · answered by Bruce 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever driven to the beach.
2007-09-12 15:01:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all in the past so ,"Have you ever driven to the beach?"
The "before" is superfluous and should be discarded
2007-09-12 15:16:12 · answer #5 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
honey I have driven on the beach in Daytona
Beach Fla. one of the last place in U.S. that you
can do it
2007-09-12 15:03:46 · answer #6 · answered by Jazzy Lady 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i stay in california! i could force to san francisco in 10 minutes and relax on the coastline all summer season long if i wanted to... or convince my father and mom to enable us to bypass to southern california for the summer season...
2016-10-04 11:41:14 · answer #7 · answered by kottwitz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u've to read more english story books,magazines,newspapers etc.in order to improve ur english grammars.normally spoken english n written english r entirely different u need to practise more.
2007-09-13 21:15:05 · answer #8 · answered by robert KS LEE. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋