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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Have/Had
I have been to New York before and I had been to New York before What's the difference between them?
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Present Perfect tense (have been) represents a recent completed action and Past Perfect tense (had been) represents an older completed action. They aid in sorting out the order of past events. ”
- Present Perfect tense (have been) represents a recent completed action and Past Perfect tense (had been) represents an older completed action.
- They aid in sorting out the order of past events.
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Present Perfect tense (have been) represents a recent completed action and Past Perfect tense (had been) represents an older completed action. They aid in sorting out the order of past events. “I have been to New York before and enjoyed Times Square, and prior to that I had been to Florida for a brief vacation.”
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