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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Have vs had

Hey! I'm really confused now. What should I use?

e.g. Have you ever been hunting?

1. No, I haven't, i wish i have.
2. No, I haven't, i wish i had.

Which one to use? 1 or 2?
  

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#2 No, I haven't. I wish I had. The personal pronoun "I" is always capitalized ( I , not i ).

— Blue Jay

  • #2 No, I haven't.
  • I wish I had.
  • The personal pronoun "I" is always capitalized ( I , not i ).
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#2 No, I haven't. I wish I had.
The personal pronoun "I" is always capitalized (I, not i).
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Blue Jay"I" is always capitalized (I, not i).
Thanks for that aid: I am always concerned that using just the capital letter in isolation with our font is confusing. I'll follow your lead in the future.
[ And now, editing, I'm confused. When your line is quoted, the capital letter has the two bars. What giv
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Philip[ And now, editing, I'm confused. When your line is quoted, the capital letter has the two bars. What gives? ]
The quote appears in a different font.
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Blue JayThe quote appears in a different font.
And it has taken me only 10 years to notice this? Wow!
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Philip Blue JayThe quote appears in a different font.And it has taken me only 10 years to notice this? Wow!
It's not something you normally pay attention to as long as you can read it easily. I was doing something a while back where I wanted to be able to visually distinguish between two types of text. I found that using distinctive fonts made no difference un
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No, I haven’t. I wish I had. / No, I haven’t, but I wish I had (been).

After wish we use the past tense (with present time meaning) or the past perfect (with past time meaning), as in your example. A present tense (simple or perfect) is impossible.
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