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Vsuresh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

tense

Hi

Please tell me if this is OK.

You have not done this work as I had instructed.
  

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vsuresh You have not done this work as I had instructed. It's OK, but "had" is unnecessary. You can even write "have" instead of "had", but that too is unnecessary.

— CalifJim

  • vsuresh You have not done this work as I had instructed.
  • It's OK, but "had" is unnecessary.
  • You can even write "have" instead of "had", but that too is unnecessary.
  • Personally, I would leave out "had".
  • CJ
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vsureshYou have not done this work as I had instructed.
It's OK, but "had" is unnecessary. You can even write "have" instead of "had", but that too is unnecessary.

Personally, I would leave out "had".

CJ
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