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Mouna Nouna Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

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what's the deference between
i had been told and i have told
  

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I have told Mary. This means I gave information to Mary. Active voice, Present Perfect tense.

  • I have told Mary.
  • This means I gave information to Mary.
  • Active voice, Present Perfect tense.
  • I have been told by Fred .
  • This means Fred gave information to me.
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I have told Mary. This means I gave information to Mary. Active voice, Present Perfect tense.

I have been told by Fred. This means Fred gave information to me. Passive voice, Present Perfect tense.

I had been told by John.. This means John gave information to me before some later time in the past.. Passive voice, Past Perfe
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I have told Layla five times that I love her.
I have been told five times by Layla's father to stay away from her.

I am very unhappy. Layla's father doesn't like me.
I am Majnun.
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Lucy says to Jake, "The children are ready to go to school".
speaker ... listener

Lucy has told Jake that the children are ready.
Jake has been told that the children
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''I have been told'' means that someone told you a news or asked you to do something ,while ''I have told'' means that you did the action of telling someone something.
I hope that helped a bit. excuse my bad English>>

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