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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

The use of "has" and "had"

Which is the correct sentence: Dan has submitted the report or Dan submitted the report? I was told to avoid using "has and had" in sentences like this. Would the reason just be for clarity or is there a grammar rule for this?
  

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Hi, Which is the correct sentence: Dan has submitted the report or Dan submitted the report? I was told to avoid using "has and had" in sentences like this. Would the reason just be for clarity or is there a grammar rule for this?

  • Hi, Which is the correct sentence: Dan has submitted the report or Dan submitted the report?
  • I was told to avoid using "has and had" in sentences like this.
  • Would the reason just be for clarity or is there a grammar rule for this?
  • Dan has submitted the report Present Perfect tense shows that an event in the past has importance to th present situation.
  • eg Dan has submitted the report, so now we can use it to make a decision.
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Hi,

Which is the correct sentence: Dan has submitted the report or Dan submitted the report? I was told to avoid using "has and had" in sentences like this. Would the reason just be for clarity or is there a grammar rule for this?

Dan has submitted the report Present Perfect tense shows that an event in the

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