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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

did

Can you say:

Did you find what you've been looking for? Or does it have to be:

Have you found what you've been looking for?

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Hi Previous, both are fine, though Americans would probably prefer the simple past form.

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  • Hi Previous, both are fine, though Americans would probably prefer the simple past form.
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Hi Previous, both are fine, though Americans would probably prefer the simple past form.
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There is no cut-and-dried answer, as is often the case with the dilemmatic choice between using the past tense or past perfect. Both of your sentences express the same idea and can safely be used interchangeably. Use which sounds best to you.
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Why not: Did you find what you had been looking for? or Did you find what you were looking for? ?
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