Present or past perfect
You're watching a TV show, and you notice the subtitles are all wrong
You: "This was probably written by somebody who hasn't had/hadn't had much experience in translating."
Which one is correct and why?
Top answer
Hadn't had. There is a general rule in the English Grammar that if the first part of the sentence is in the past tense the following part is in the past tense, too.
- Hadn't had.
- There is a general rule in the English Grammar that if the first part of the sentence is in the past tense the following part is in the past tense, too.
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Hadn't had.
There is a general rule in the English Grammar that if the first part of the sentence is in the past tense the following part is in the past tense, too.
0I would say: who doesn`t have much experience in translating. Not past tense.
0The present perfect 'hasn't had' is correct.
There's no reason to consider the past perfect.
0NecrophagistThis was probably written by somebody who hasn't had much experience in translating.
The viewpoint is the present moment, i.e., while you are watching this on TV, so the present perfect is more likely to come to mind. Your mind is thinking of the situation as if the translator has just finished the tra
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