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Ninjutsu Posted 13 years ago
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He had died or he has died
I'm confusing between these two words, please advise
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Hello, ninjutsu—and welcome to English Forums ninjutsu I'm confus ed about these two words, please advise The past perfect requires at least another, later past event in the context: He had already died when his lottery number finally came up . The present perfect refers to a (usually recent) past event relative to NOW : Nelson Mandela has died .
- Hello, ninjutsu—and welcome to English Forums ninjutsu I'm confus ed about these two words, please advise The past perfect requires at least another, later past event in the context: He had already died when his lottery number finally came up .
- The present perfect refers to a (usually recent) past event relative to NOW : Nelson Mandela has died .
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Hello, ninjutsu—and welcome to English Forums
The present perfect refers to a (usually recent)
ninjutsuI'm confused about these two words, please adviseThe past perfect requires at least another, later past event in the context: He had already died when his lottery number finally came up.
The present perfect refers to a (usually recent)
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Please don't ask a question in two forums at the same time, ninjutsu. It wastes the time of people who respond in one forum only to find that a satisfactory answer has already been given in another.
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