Hello GE community,
I have a question about negative questions.
I can't understand why in the following example we use haven't instead of hadn't.
A: I'm not quite sure what happens at a clothes swapping party.
B: Oh, haven't you been to one before? I thought you had.
Source: It's a "filling the gap" exercise from the MACMILLAN Openmind advanced workbook.
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Hi, Meriem,
@Meriem posted:Hello GE community,
I have a question about negative questions.
I can't understand why in the following example we use haven't instead of hadn't.
A: I'm not quite sure what happens at a clothes swapping party.
B: Oh, haven't you been to one before? I thought you had.
Source: It's a "filling the gap" exercise from the MACMILLAN Openmind advanced workbook.
B: Oh, haven't you been to one before? I thought you had.
B had a (wrong) thought before meeting A that he/she had been to this kind of party. 'Thought' is in the past simple and what he had thought is in the past perfect.
Hello Ahmed,
That was clear. Thank you.
