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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Has v. had

Is there a difference between these two sentences? I don't know which one to use.

The door knob has been replaced.
The door knob had been replaced.
  

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Anonymous Is there a difference between these two sentences? The door **** had been replaced. ) The door **** has been replaced.

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  • Anonymous Is there a difference between these two sentences?
  • The door **** had been replaced.
  • ) The door **** has been replaced.
  • This one refers to some other past event(s) that were done before this replacement, for example: The door **** had been replaced many times before.
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AnonymousIs there a difference between these two sentences? I don't know which one to use.The door **** has been replaced.The door **** had been replaced.
Use this one if you only want to mention one finished event (this replacement.)

The door **** has been replaced.

This one refers to some other past event(s) that were done before this repla
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AnonymousThe door **** has been replaced.
The door **** had been replaced
Are you describing the situation as it is now? Then use the first.

Look! The doorknob is different today! The doorknob has been replaced.

Are you describing the situation as it existed some time ago in the course of a story you are telling about something
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