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16 Oct 2019
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What is the difference between What did you say? and What have you said? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between What did you say? and What have you said? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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âWhat did you sayâ is much more natural sounding
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Please tell me the difference in meaning of each of the words.
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They both technically mean the exact same thing.
If you want to be very technical:
âWhat did you sayâ is more likely to refer to a specific event
âWhat have you saidâ is a lot more general and vague, so your listener may not know what time youâre talking about
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What do you think if someone said "What have you said?" in response when others just said ?
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- Polish
Iâm not sure I understand your question.
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sorry
çžæăäœăăä»èšăŁăăšăă« "What have you said?"ăèšăŁăăă©ăæăăŸăăïŒ
çžæăäœăăä»èšăŁăăšăă« "What have you said?"ăèšăŁăăă©ăæăăŸăăïŒ
- Japanese
What do you think if I say "What have you said?" when you say something now?
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Itâs a little weird. Like I said, in 95% of sentences you should say âWhat did you say?â
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