From Twitter
Jo: I ① a video yesterday from an man in Italy; it was smart.
Mo: Yeah; what’d ya ②?
Jo: He warned us.
Mo: Us?
Jo: Everyone, Mo!
Mo: What’d he ③?
Jo: Protect ourselves. He ④: use phones less outside. The virus can fall on ’em. Don’t meet friends. Care.
Choices:
said
watched
see
say
saw
Answers And Explanations:
① Jo: I [saw] a video yesterday from an man in Italy; it was smart.
‘Watched‘ would work, but we say ‘saw‘ (especially with movies in the theater–that is not the case here), to indicate, I think,* the happenstance of the situation.
② Mo: Yeah; what’d ya [see]? ‘See’ is the only option here.
Jo: He warned us.
Mo: Us?
Jo: Everyone, Mo!
② Mo: What’d he [say]? ‘Say‘ is the only option here.
Jo: Protect ourselves.
③ He [said]: use phones less outside. ‘Said‘ is the only option here.
The virus can fall on ’em. Don’t meet friends. Care.
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*I say ‘think’ because this is a case of dominant dialect and style, not grammar. There is no rule about it. It just sounds better and carries a nuance of brevity.