A friend of mine corrected this sentence...
It's a sensation I didn't feel for ages
...to this one...
It's a sensation I haven't feel for ages
He said this: "I think it is something like 'You do to an object' but 'You have something done to you'"
I know there are similar questions about this case in here, but I want to know if there are any rules and when/how to use them. How do I know when to use "didn't" or "haven't"?
Didn't is the simple past. You use it to describe a finished action that took place in the past.
He didn't come to the mall with me yesterday.
We didn't have a test on Monday.
Haven't is the present perfect. You use it to describe a continuous action that started in the past.
We haven't been to the movie theater in a month.
I haven't seen a solar eclipse since I was a child.
If you're currently feeling the sensation, or have felt that sensation recently, use haven't, which states that the past sensation has been felt today.
If the sensation never happened, or the sensation didn't happen for a certain duration in the past, use didn't, which states that the past sensation ended later in the past.
