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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect/present perfect.

I think the reason why they were complaining was because most of the people had/have paid to hear the actors sing and not you.

I think both past perfect and present perfect could work in this situation?
  

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Both work, but the situation is slightly different. With 'have', the performance seems to be still pending; with 'had' it seems to be over.

  • Both work, but the situation is slightly different.
  • With 'have', the performance seems to be still pending; with 'had' it seems to be over.
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Both work, but the situation is slightly different. With 'have', the performance seems to be still pending; with 'had' it seems to be over.

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