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Taka  #477452  Sat, 16 Feb 08 04:55 AM
'Every time/Whenever I heard such words from my parents, I didn't think/it didn't seem that they allowed me to do what I wanted (to do).' 

Does this sentence sound natural? I'm wondering if 'S didn't think/It didn't seem' will go well with 'every time/whenever...'. 
  
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Yankee  #477495  Sat, 16 Feb 08 08:46 AM
That's an awkward sentence, Taka.  I think the negation is in the wrong place.
  
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Taka  #477576  Sat, 16 Feb 08 03:20 PM
I somehow felt that 'every time/whenever I did..., I didn't think' sounded unnatural.

But it has to be 'S didn't think S' did', not 'S thought S' didn't', right?

Or is the latter construction not that wrong after all as most grammar books say?
  
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