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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Difference between has, had, and have

I finished the book and realized the ending didnt relate to the story.

I finished the book and have realized the ending didnt relate to the story.

What is the difference between these 2 sentences and should I use the 'have'?

Can someone generally tell me when to use has, had and have in both the present and past tense?

Also,

I have never tried entering the number.

I had never tried entering the number.

What's the difference?
  

Top answer

I finished the book and realized the ending didnt relate to the story. I finished the book and have realized the ending didnt relate to the story. Use the first one.

— CalifJim

  • I finished the book and realized the ending didnt relate to the story.
  • I finished the book and have realized the ending didnt relate to the story.
  • Use the first one.
  • It has the past tense in both clauses.
  • The second one doesn't work.
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I finished the book and realized the ending didnt relate to the story.

I finished the book and have realized the ending didnt relate to the story.
Use the first one. It has the past tense in both clauses. The second one doesn't work. There's no reason to change to a different tense for the second clause.
I have never tried entering the number.
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Hi,
Let's consider a few simple and concrete examples.

Mary cooked dinner. She did this at some point in the past. Typically, the speaker would also tell us when.
eg At 8pm last Friday, Mary cooked dinner.

Mary has cooked dinner. Theis tense indicats the statement has importance in the present. Dinner is on the table! We don't need to be to
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we a big house when i was a kid
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