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How it is correct to say, 'I haven't received your email' or 'I didn't received your email'?

Nathan Tuggy
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Present Perfect and Past Simple are two concurent tenses. They often are interchangeable, especially in American English. So you can say either:

I haven't received your email.

or

I didn't receive your email.

Note that "I didn't received your email" is not correct because you cannot use -ed form of the main verb since you already have the verb "didn't".

Alexander
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    They're both good in BrE too – Chris M Mar 18 '17 at 17:18
  • I have one more question, if you will be willing to help me :) When I have to talk about 'sign in'...it's correct to use the expression 'clock ed in' For example: 'I saw that nobody was clock in, so I stayed online a little bit more' – Dede Mar 18 '17 at 18:04
  • Sorry, I don't know exactly about it. I think it may be kind of a slang expression. – Alexander Mar 18 '17 at 18:29
  • @Dede: It would have to be I saw that nobody [else?] was clocked* in, but note that almost no-one would use clock in* to mean *sign in* (or the online equivalent *log in*) except in contexts where an employer requires you to record the time you arrive at or start (paid) work. – FumbleFingers Mar 18 '17 at 18:40