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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Has / Have

How would I write the following:

The manager has taken the matter up with the board of directors... / The manager took the matter up with the board..
  

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If you say that 'the manager has taken the matter up with the board of directors' you are emphasizing that it just happened -the recentness of the event, that it may or may not have been reviewed yet. It is continuing, so it is the present perfect of 'to take'. If you say 'the manager took the matter up with the board of directors' you put weight on the fulfillment of an action in the past -it's the past tense.

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  • If you say that 'the manager has taken the matter up with the board of directors' you are emphasizing that it just happened -the recentness of the event, that it may or may not have been reviewed yet.
  • It is continuing, so it is the present perfect of 'to take'.
  • If you say 'the manager took the matter up with the board of directors' you put weight on the fulfillment of an action in the past -it's the past tense.
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If you say that 'the manager has taken the matter up with the board of directors' you are emphasizing that it just happened -the recentness of the event, that it may or may not have been reviewed yet. It is continuing, so it is the present perfect of 'to take'.
If you say 'the manager took the matter up with the board of directors' you put weight on the fulfillment of an action in the past
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