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Nah! maybe..

I am curious what is your point of view of this simply sentence.

"Hey. I had to go to New York City."


what do you think of this one? what does it mean? Did this sentence means that you went there and came back or you are in nyc already?

:wiggle:

I am tired of asking my friend, "hey when was that?" all the time. :lol: Or it's me who have lack of logical thinking.. :hmm:
 
I think it depends when they said it.

You could say, "where were you this weekend" and it would make sense. Especially if their mother died.

But if you said "why did you miss work" and they had a gambling or compulsive shopping problem it would be bad.

But the sentence looks ok.

But the Jillio did mention that she thinks I am bad at understanding written English, so this may not be the answer you were looking for.
 
Bottesini said:
I think it depends when they said it.

You could say, "where were you this weekend" and it would make sense. Especially if their mother died.

But if you said "why did you miss work" and they had a gambling or compulsive shopping problem it would be bad.

But the sentence looks ok.

But the Jillio did mention that she thinks I am bad at understanding written English, so this may not be the answer you were looking for.
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I agree. That's exactly what I was thinking...
 
Bottesini said:
I think it depends when they said it.

You could say, "where were you this weekend" and it would make sense. Especially if their mother died.

But if you said "why did you miss work" and they had a gambling or compulsive shopping problem it would be bad.

But the sentence looks ok.

But the Jillio did mention that she thinks I am bad at understanding written English, so this may not be the answer you were looking for.
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LOL! that is perfectly ok.

Actually, this person went there and came back in 1 day. this person is busy and has been traveling a lot. sometimes i don't hear from this person for a while then all of a sudden, this person pages me telling me, "hey. i had to go to nyc". I lost track of this person's anywhere. typical of this person. :)
 
"Hey...I had to go to NYC"...to me it like saying....or apolgizing that it's the reason they haven't seen/called you lately.....and if they don't offer the explanation as to "why" they had to go to NYC...then it could be the answer is too lengthly to explain or they just don't want to get into it....and will or might let you know later when they see/call you...
 
rockin'robin said:
"Hey...I had to go to NYC"...to me it like saying....or apolgizing that it's the reason they haven't seen/called you lately.....and if they don't offer the explanation as to "why" they had to go to NYC...then it could be the answer is too lengthly to explain or they just don't want to get into it....and will or might let you know later when they see/call you...
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yeah that too.
 
I have to go to NYC because I want to see lanapoo and her sister's gun to see if I'm scary enough to wet myself.
 
Frisky Feline said:
Nah! maybe..

I am curious what is your point of view of this simply sentence.

"Hey. I had to go to New York City."


what do you think of this one? what does it mean? Did this sentence means that you went there and came back or you are in nyc already?

:wiggle:

I am tired of asking my friend, "hey when was that?" all the time. :lol: Or it's me who have lack of logical thinking.. :hmm:
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hmmm.....

"I had to go to NYC" - just recently
"I have to go to NYC" - future

"I had to go to NYC" - it implies urgency
"I went to NYC" - it implies casual fun
 
I know "had" is a past tense. I wasn't sure if thsi person had to go to nyc and stays there or this person had to go there in one day and then went back. How do you say, you had to go there but stays there for a few more days?
 
Frisky Feline said:
I know "had" is a past tense. I wasn't sure if thsi person had to go to nyc and stays there or this person had to go there in one day and then went back. How do you say, you had to go there but stays there for a few more days?
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"I had to go to NYC. I am still in NYC."

Technically, "I had to go to NYC." does not imply that he is not there anymore or he is still there. The only information that it conveys is simply that he had to go to NYC at one point with urgency. "Had" is a past tense but it only refers to the action of GOING there, it does not mean that he FINISHED visiting NYC. "I went to NYC." implies that he went there and came back.

You usually can figure it out by the timing/environment. If someone finally gets back to me after a few hours with "Sorry I had to go to NYC.", he probably is still in NYC. But if it's been several days, then he probably isn't in NYC anymore.

The point is, the sentence "I had to go to NYC." does not imply his current status whatsoever.
 
Daredevel7 said:
"I had to go to NYC. I am still in NYC."

Technically, "I had to go to NYC." does not imply that he is not there anymore or he is still there. The only information that it conveys is simply that he had to go to NYC at one point with urgency. "Had" is a past tense but it only refers to the action of GOING there, it does not mean that he FINISHED visiting NYC. "I went to NYC." implies that he went there and came back.

You usually can figure it out by the timing/environment. If someone finally gets back to me after a few hours with "Sorry I had to go to NYC.", he probably is still in NYC. But if it's been several days, then he probably isn't in NYC anymore.

The point is, the sentence "I had to go to NYC." does not imply his current status whatsoever.
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Thank you. That makes sense to me. :giggle:
 
Frisky Feline said:
I know "had" is a past tense. I wasn't sure if thsi person had to go to nyc and stays there or this person had to go there in one day and then went back. How do you say, you had to go there but stays there for a few more days?
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same thing. It depends on the way sentence was constructed.

"I was in NYC for a few days"
"I just got back from NYC"
"I had to go to NYC"
"I came back from NYC"
"I was in NYC last weekend"
 
Daredevel7 said:
"I had to go to NYC. I am still in NYC."

Technically, "I had to go to NYC." does not imply that he is not there anymore or he is still there. The only information that it conveys is simply that he had to go to NYC at one point with urgency. "Had" is a past tense but it only refers to the action of GOING there, it does not mean that he FINISHED visiting NYC. "I went to NYC." implies that he went there and came back.

You usually can figure it out by the timing/environment. If someone finally gets back to me after a few hours with "Sorry I had to go to NYC.", he probably is still in NYC. But if it's been several days, then he probably isn't in NYC anymore.

The point is, the sentence "I had to go to NYC." does not imply his current status whatsoever.
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It can also imply vagueness with reason.
 
Jiro said:
same thing. It depends on the way sentence was constructed.

"I was in NYC for a few days"
"I just got back from NYC"
"I had to go to NYC"
"I came back from NYC"
"I was in NYC last weekend"
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Jiro, I was interested in "i had to go to nyc" sentence that implys to.

those sentences are above in your post is straight and clear answer but i had to go to nyc isn't.

Hearing people usually say that rather than deaf people.
 
If one had to go New York City-why/how long and when?

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