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Himadri Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Have or Had

Please check folowing few sentences and give your valuable suggestion

"Where you had been for so long"

"Where you have been for so long"

"I havn't see you for so long, where you have been"

"I havn't see you for so long, where you had been"

Thanking you,

Yours trully, Himadri Roy
  

Top answer

I havn't seen you for long time. Where have you been?

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  • I havn't seen you for long time.
  • Where have you been?
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I havn't seen you for long time.

Where have you been?
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If your intention was to write questions:

"Where had you been for so long?"

"Where have you been for so long?"

"I haven't see you for so long. Where have you been?"

"I haven't see you
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I'd say had isn't correct if you don't establish a reference point in the past, which isn't present in your contexts.
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Marius HancuI'd say had isn't correct if you don't establish a reference point in the past, which isn't present in your contexts.

It's quite easy to imagine the context/cotext, Marius. Don't confuse things. "Had" is correct there.

Try to imagine a context/the cotext for these:

Where had you been stationed before?

Wh
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