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Harpreet singh 6477 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
HAS or HAD ,
Hi All
Which one of the following would be correct to say:
1) He had handled such queries in the past
2)He has handled such queries in the past
To me 2nd sentence seems correct or I'd say plausible coz here I'm not referring to a definite time like last week,year or day.
Please help me with the following sentences also...
3) Did you hear what I just say?
4) Did you hear what I just said?
Did is past in itself so we have to use hear instead of heard but is there any rule for say/said in this clause?
Thanks in advance
Regards Jerry
Which one of the following would be correct to say:
1) He had handled such queries in the past
2)He has handled such queries in the past
To me 2nd sentence seems correct or I'd say plausible coz here I'm not referring to a definite time like last week,year or day.
Please help me with the following sentences also...
3) Did you hear what I just say?
4) Did you hear what I just said?
Did is past in itself so we have to use hear instead of heard but is there any rule for say/said in this clause?
Thanks in advance
Regards Jerry
Top answer
Has/had handled. It depends on the starting point of reference. If you are "in the present" time, use has had .
- Has/had handled.
- It depends on the starting point of reference.
- If you are "in the present" time, use has had .
- If your reference point is in the past, use had handled.
- Did you hear what I just said ?
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Has/had handled. It depends on the starting point of reference. If you are "in the present" time, use has had. If your reference point is in the past, use had handled.
Did you hear what I just said?
Did you hear what I just said?
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Thanks for your help.
The person still works with me who handles such queries though he hasn't dealt with such queries lately.Now I have to report to someone about that because I'm getting lots of queries to be addressed in which he has the expertise. So, it means point of reference is present.It implies I use HAS.Is that right?
I've heard lots of people saying -- Did you
The person still works with me who handles such queries though he hasn't dealt with such queries lately.Now I have to report to someone about that because I'm getting lots of queries to be addressed in which he has the expertise. So, it means point of reference is present.It implies I use HAS.Is that right?
I've heard lots of people saying -- Did you
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