There hasn't been a single day/There wasn't a single day/ I haven't gone a single day

[Ashraful Haque]

I don't know if all of the following are correct. If they are, which is the most natural sounding:


1) There hasn't been a single day that I didn't think about it.


2) There wasn't a single day that I didn't/haven't think about it.


3) I haven't gone a single day without thinking about it.

 

[Rover_KE]

You can't say 'There wasn't a single day that I haven't think about it', but the rest are OK.

 

[emsr2d2]

didn't think :tick:
haven't think :cross:

I think you probably already know that.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

didn't think :tick:
haven't think :cross:

I think you probably already know that.

Oh thank you so much for point that out. So is it correct/natural if I just change it:

There wasn't a single day that I didn't think about it.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

You can't say 'There wasn't a single day that I haven't think about it', but the rest are OK.

Is it possible to say:
1) "There hasn't been a single day that I haven't though about it." instead of "There hasn't been a single day that I didn't think about it?"

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't know if all of the following are correct. If they are, which is the most natural sounding?

1) There hasn't been a single day that I didn't think about it. :tick:
2) There wasn't a single day that I didn't think/haven't thought think about it. See corrections.
3) I haven't gone a single day without thinking about it. :tick:

Oh, thank you so much for pointing that out. So is it correct/natural if I just change it to the following?

There wasn't a single day that I didn't think about it.

Is it possible to say [STRIKE]1)[/STRIKE] "There hasn't been a single day that I haven't thought about it no full stop here" instead of "There hasn't been a single day that I didn't think about it"?

Please note my various corrections above.

I find "There hasn't been a single day that I haven't thought about it" more natural than "... that I didn't think about it". That ending, for me, would come after "There wasn't a single day ...".

 

[tedmc]

The present perfect is about things that happened in the past that is relevant to the present. Thus, it is most suitable. The second verb should also follow, to be consistent.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Please note my various corrections above.

I find "There hasn't been a single day that I haven't thought about it" more natural than "... that I didn't think about it". That ending, for me, would come after "There wasn't a single day ...".

Thank you.

"There hasn't been a single day that I haven't thought about it" - To this day/I still think about it.
"There wasn't a single day that I didn't think about it." - Something that I used to think about but don't anymore.
Please let me know if I get them.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you.

1. "There hasn't been a single day that I haven't thought about it" - To this day/I still think about it. :cross:
2. "There wasn't a single day that I didn't think about it." - Something that I used to think about but don't anymore. :tick:

Please let me know if I [STRIKE]get[/STRIKE] have understood them.

1. We don't know if you still think about it. We only know that, until today, you have thought about it every day. It's possible you'll never think about it again.
2. Yes, you used to think about it during the unspecified period covered by "There wasn't a single day".