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Yellowstarstruck Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Present Perfect/Past Perfect

Hi! Number 1 is clear. I simply didn't attend the meeting in the past. Does number 2 mean the meeting has started and you haven't attended yet? ( I am on my way to the meeting). What is the interpretation of the meaning of number 3? Thanks, Fulvio

1. I didn't attend the meeting.

2. I haven't attended the meeting.

3. I hadn't attended the meeting.

  

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yellowstarstruck Does number 2 mean the meeting has started and you haven't attended yet? Not exactly. One of the uses of present perfect is it refers to a past action whose effect is felt in the present.

— Vsuresh

  • yellowstarstruck Does number 2 mean the meeting has started and you haven't attended yet?
  • Not exactly.
  • One of the uses of present perfect is it refers to a past action whose effect is felt in the present.
  • " And, as for #3, past perfect is generally used with reference to another past action.
  • In other words, when two actions happened one after the other, past perfect is used for the first one.
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yellowstarstruckDoes number 2 mean the meeting has started and you haven't attended yet?

Not exactly.

One of the uses of present perfect is it refers to a past action whose effect is felt in the present.

So, we say "I haven't attended the meeting" when someone asks us "Could you tell us what happened at the meeting?"

And, as for #3, past p

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