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Mar 6, 2015 · Imagine the following scenario: I looked at a girl and gave her a smile. My friend next to me has put a serious look on his face and is staring at me. I turn to my friend and figured that I'd say one of these two versions, but I don’t know which. I didn’t do anything. I haven’t done anything.
Aug 13, 2019 · I haven't [verb in past participle]. I know that it has to do if it is a specific time (I didn't do) and a non-specific time (I haven't done), but I have seen (this time correct?) Didn't in sentences where the time is not specified. For example here: "I didn't see that coming" (see or saw? I think see), "What did you do yesterday?"
Apr 17, 2022 · Answer. One way to compare subtlely similar phrases is to look at a scenario where only one of them makes sense, as in: I haven’t been doing anything. (OK) I didn’t doing anything. (WRONG) I wasn’t doing anything. (OK) So clearly “haven’t” can be used for ongoing action whereas “didn’t” cannot.
Aug 6, 2022 · What you would choose between: "I haven't done anything" or "I didn't do anything" in this context: Someone is yelling at me because he think I have done something and I reply " what are you yelling at me as I didn't do /haven't done anything"
Haven't and didn't are different time-wise, as you have guessed correctly. Haven't refers to the past up until now. So if you haven't done something, you haven't done it for a specific period of time (day, month, ever, etc.) Didn't refers to a specific point of time that has already passed.
“I didn’t do anything” is correct in standard English grammar. In many parts of the English-speaking world, people say ”I didn’t do nothing”. When you have a negative sentence(did not in this case), you need to use “anything”.
Apr 1, 2020 · 13.2K. They mean the same thing, but the second one is only used in vernacular speech and should not be used for formal speech/writing. We learn in school that "double negatives" like "I haven't done nothing" are wrong, but people use them in casual speech (especially in variants of English like AAVE) anyway.
