vishnuns39620 wrote:
ankurgupta03 wrote:
petrifiedbutstanding wrote:
"The board did debate on it and were not pleased with it".
"The board debated over it and was not pleased with it".
the way in which you are rewriting the sentence is also correct, although it changes the meaning of the sentence
"The board did debate on it and was not pleased with it".
this sentence is trying to say that "i assure you, the board did debate and was not pleased"
"The board debated over it and was not pleased with it".
this sentence simply says that the board debated over the topic.
Do i make sense?
Yes that's the best way to explain it! The word did helps to give more weight/support to the argument.
"I tried it" vs "I did try it"
Regards, Vishnu
Then as per the idiom "debate over", the sentence should be:
The board did debate
Can you please explain?