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Necrophagist Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Has been or had been
Earlier this morning, I was browsing the internet and found out that Google has been/had been a thing since 1998.
This is my original sentence.
While I do realize "found out" is the past simple, I feel like "has been" works better than "had been" due to how recently this happened, but I would still say that "had been" is correct because of reported speech rules. Can someone explain please?
This is my original sentence.
While I do realize "found out" is the past simple, I feel like "has been" works better than "had been" due to how recently this happened, but I would still say that "had been" is correct because of reported speech rules. Can someone explain please?
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Necrophagist I feel like "has been" works better than "had been" due to how recently this happened, but I would still say that "had been" is correct because of reported speech rules. I agree (though it isn't strictly speaking "reported speech").
- Necrophagist I feel like "has been" works better than "had been" due to how recently this happened, but I would still say that "had been" is correct because of reported speech rules.
- I agree (though it isn't strictly speaking "reported speech").
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NecrophagistI feel like "has been" works better than "had been" due to how recently this happened, but I would still say that "had been" is correct because of reported speech rules.
I agree (though it isn't strictly speaking "reported speech").
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