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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Have or had been there
Hello
Can someone help me with this English problem.
My friend has just come back from New York
Is it OK to say Have you been there before?
or should I say Had you been there before?
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Stephen
Can someone help me with this English problem.
My friend has just come back from New York
Is it OK to say Have you been there before?
or should I say Had you been there before?
From
Stephen
Top answer
Have you been there before? No. This asks if he has been to New York before now.
- Have you been there before?
- No.
- This asks if he has been to New York before now.
- Obviously, you already know the answer to that question.
- It's had .
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Have you been there before?
No. This asks if he has been to New York before now. Obviously, you already know the answer to that question.
It's had. You are asking your friend if he had been there before his last stay at New York. The past perfect describes a past event that took pl
No. This asks if he has been to New York before now. Obviously, you already know the answer to that question.
It's had. You are asking your friend if he had been there before his last stay at New York. The past perfect describes a past event that took pl
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Is it OK to say Have you been there before?
I would use this in a conversation greeting him at the arrival gate. It would be understood (at this point in time) that I am referring to some earlier trip, not the one just completed. But the clearest question is "Was this your first trip?"
Had you been there before? This is OK, too.
I would use it for writing about the trip.
My
I would use this in a conversation greeting him at the arrival gate. It would be understood (at this point in time) that I am referring to some earlier trip, not the one just completed. But the clearest question is "Was this your first trip?"
Had you been there before? This is OK, too.
I would use it for writing about the trip.
My
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saying had may seem like it is right, but its not, people simply do not say "Had you been there before"
They will just say, "have you been there before".
I will now demonstrate to you a sentence using had, that you may never hear and it may confuse you sorry.
A mother is telling her son how her consequences wouldve been different if his actions were different.
They will just say, "have you been there before".
I will now demonstrate to you a sentence using had, that you may never hear and it may confuse you sorry.
A mother is telling her son how her consequences wouldve been different if his actions were different.
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