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Quebec62 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Diff between present and past in perfect tense?

Hi everybody
Could you help me give a context in which each of these sentences apply

I have not seen him for fifteen years.
I had not seen him for fifteen years.

I only know that the first sentence is present perfect tense and the second is past perfect tense. I don't know in what context, in what situation each of these tense should be applied.
Could you help me show examples that use these sentences, so that I can fully understand it?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.
  

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(ex: mar - 07 -2009) and u tell about something which happened in the past(2003) and last untill the present time (2003 - 2009) when u say the second sentence, u r in the present time (2009) but u tell about something which happened (1999) and end in the past time( 2007) i have 2 friends, they live in us now ex1: my friends moved to us in 2003, the last time we met them was in 2003 so now i say : i havent seen my friends for 6 years ( from 2003 to 2009) ex2: my friends moved to us in 1999, but they came back to visit me in 2007, now (2009) my sister asks me about them sis: in 2007, did they come back? me: yah, they did. i had not seen them for 6 years ( from 1999 to 2007)

— Lin-ne

  • (ex: mar - 07 -2009) and u tell about something which happened in the past(2003) and last untill the present time (2003 - 2009) when u say the second sentence, u r in the present time (2009) but u tell about something which happened (1999) and end in the past time( 2007) i have 2 friends, they live in us now ex1: my friends moved to us in 2003, the last time we met them was in 2003 so now i say : i havent seen my friends for 6 years ( from 2003 to 2009) ex2: my friends moved to us in 1999, but they came back to visit me in 2007, now (2009) my sister asks me about them sis: in 2007, did they come back?
  • me: yah, they did.
  • i had not seen them for 6 years ( from 1999 to 2007)
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when u say the first sentence , u r in the present time.(ex: mar - 07 -2009) and u tell about something which happened in the past(2003) and last untill the present time (2003 - 2009)
when u say the second sentence, u r in the present time (2009) but u tell about something which happened (1999) and end in the past time( 2007)

i have 2 friends, they live in us now
ex1: my friend
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