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Hktrader Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

(present perfect T)Is my colleague make a mistake?

Is my colleague make a mistake? (<=make or makes?)

Hi, everyone.
I have just received an email from my colleague and I am quite confused to one of her sentence.
please help!

extract from the email:

Dear Ada,

I am sorry for the late submission because I have had something to do last week.............

Question:
"I have had something to do last week."
Here, she used a present perfect tense with a definite time. As I remember, present perfect tense should not join with a time. If I were her, I would change this sentence to :

I was busy last week.(preferred, because a definite time is mentioned)
or
I have had something to do.(grammatically correct)

Am I right? or, her sentence is also correct in this circumstance?

Thanks
  

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You are right. Her sentence is wrong.
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Thanks to your reply.Also, may I ask, is my title correct?Is my colleague make......or should be,Is my colleague made ?which tense should I use if I start with "Is"
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Don't start with 'is'. 'Has my colleague made a mistake?'
And in future, please put all text for discussion inside the message box. The title (subject line) should merely indicate the topic (as 'present perfect with past time reference').
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yes, sir!!!!!— Ah, my favorite kind of student!
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