Mengapa penceramah mengatakan had you saydan bukannya Did you say?

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Rebecca
Yang had you saiddi sini hanyalah perwakilan if you had saidyang lebih mudah. Dalam erti kata lain, kerana pada dasarnya mereka bermaksud perkara yang sama, mereka bukan hukuman interogatif, tetapi ayat biasa atau kenyataan umum. Ex: Had you said it nicely I might have helped. = If you had said it nicely I might have helped. (Sekiranya anda mengatakannya dengan baik, saya mungkin telah membantu anda.)