@LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
2026-10-20 11:03 UTC
I agree with your sentiment. On a side note if English isn’t your first language just so you know built/build can seem very similar. Standardly one would say I built this in past tense. If someone says you didn’t built this for some reason it’s wrong where I’m from, it reverts to the present of build. “You didn’t build this”. Not sure 100% why.
I want to build a bridge vs I built a bridge. Maybe it is because when you said “you didn’t build this”, it is in the present accusation… English is dumb
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@ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 2026-10-20 11:16
In my nowhere near professional opinion, I think it’s because in the phrase “You didn’t build this”, “didn’t” is in the present tense, so “build” has to follow in the same tense. If the phrase were “You hadn’t built this”, because “hadn’t” is past tense (or at least acts that way), then “built” would follow. My only justification is that this sounds right to my ear, and it’s a loose theory as to why. The only consistent thing about English is the inconsistency