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Appranxis Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is it grammatically correct?

1.I visited her yesterday but unfortunately she had already left.
2.Conducted ocular inspection at server room. No sign of technical problem has been observed.

I'm still confuse regarding how can i used those words "had" and "been" even i already read the verb tenses subject for many times.

Thanks for the help.
  

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I visited her yesterday but unfortunately she had already left . The past perfect (had + past participle) shows an action that happened before another action in the past. In this sentences, you have "visited," a action in the past, and "had left," an action that happened before you visited.

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  • I visited her yesterday but unfortunately she had already left .
  • The past perfect (had + past participle) shows an action that happened before another action in the past.
  • In this sentences, you have "visited," a action in the past, and "had left," an action that happened before you visited.
  • 2.
  • I c onducted ocular inspection at server room.
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1.I visited her yesterday but unfortunately she had already left. The past perfect (had + past participle) shows an action that happened before another action in the past. In this sentences, you have "visited," a action in the past, and "had left," an action that happened before you visited.

2.I conducted ocular inspection at server room. No sign of a te
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Thanks you sir. What's the difference between the word "have observed and have been observed" sir. Sorry for the noob question, i just want to improve my english grammar.
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appranxis"have observed and have been observed"
The difference is active voice and passive voice.
These sentences say exactly the same thing.

Radio telescopes (subject) have observed (verb phrase) magnetic storms (object) on Jupiter. (Active voice)
Magnetic storms (subject) on Jupiter hav
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Thanks again sir. At least it is clear for me now.
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