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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Thank you for helping me VS. Thank you for having helped me. r

Thank you for helping me VS. Thank you for having helped me.

I usually say the first for others' help but I saw the second sentence. So is there a meaning difference and different usage of the expressions?

Thank you so much in advance.
  

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They're both correct, but only the first one is common and natural. In this case, the perfect tense doesn't add anything or change anything, and it would sound natural only in "upper register" circumstances.

— Avangi

  • They're both correct, but only the first one is common and natural.
  • In this case, the perfect tense doesn't add anything or change anything, and it would sound natural only in "upper register" circumstances.
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They're both correct, but only the first one is common and natural.
In this case, the perfect tense doesn't add anything or change anything, and it would sound natural only in "upper register" circumstances.
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