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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
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Please tell me if this is native:

Did you see a package for me sent right after I left for New York. Or

Did you see a package for me sent right after I had left for New York.

I'm trying to see if a package arrived after I left for New York.

Thanks.
  

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PreciousJones I'm trying to see if a package arrived after I left for New York. Then you're interested in when it arrived, not in when it was sent. You need this: Did a package for me arrive right after I left for New York?

— CalifJim

  • PreciousJones I'm trying to see if a package arrived after I left for New York.
  • Then you're interested in when it arrived, not in when it was sent.
  • You need this: Did a package for me arrive right after I left for New York?
  • You don't want had left .
  • You are still in the current situation of asking about the package.
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PreciousJonesI'm trying to see if a package arrived after I left for New York.
Then you're interested in when it arrived, not in when it was sent. You need this:

Did a package for me arrive right after I left for New York?

You don't want had left. You are still in the current situation of asking about the package. after
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