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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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had not been in

if i want to express i was not present in office when you caleed me
can i say " i had not been in office when you called me"
  

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Anonymous I f I want to express that I was not present in the office when you called me, can I say " I had not been in the office when you called me" ? The past perfect is unnecessary. This will suffice: I was not in the office when you called me.

  • Anonymous I f I want to express that I was not present in the office when you called me, can I say " I had not been in the office when you called me" ?
  • The past perfect is unnecessary.
  • This will suffice: I was not in the office when you called me.
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AnonymousIf I want to express that I was not present in the office when you called me, can I say "I had not been in the office when you called me"?
The past perfect is unnecessary. This will suffice: I was not in the office when you called me.

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