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Sundarnaz Posted 9 years ago
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Have/had

You look exactly what I have/had imagined.

I think it's 'have', for the effect of imagining is felt in present.

Am I right?

  

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sundarnaz I think it's 'have', for the effect of imagining is felt in present. I don't think the way the person looks is not an effect of your imagination. So, I think even past tense is OK here.

— Vsuresh

  • sundarnaz I think it's 'have', for the effect of imagining is felt in present.
  • I don't think the way the person looks is not an effect of your imagination.
  • So, I think even past tense is OK here.
  • You look exactly like what I imagined/have imagined.
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sundarnazI think it's 'have', for the effect of imagining is felt in present.

I don't think the way the person looks is not an effect of your imagination.

So, I think even past tense is OK here.

You look exactly like what I imagined/have imagined.

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sundarnaz

You look exactly like what I have/had imagined.

I think it's 'have', for the effect of imagining is felt in present.

Am I right?

"before I actually saw you" is implied, so it's 'had' (or neither).

Now that I have seen/met you, I can say that
you look exactly like what I (had

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