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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Use of past perfect
Hi. Would you say the underlined past perfect tense is correct? Would you say the past tense "worked" is correct too? What would you say if the beginning part were changed to "Did you work hard" instead of "Have you worked hard"? Is it correct? Thank you for your anticipated help.
Have you worked hard at some things and saw your friend who didn't do a thing in the whole thing get all the credit for the things you had worked hard for?
Have you worked hard at some things and saw your friend who didn't do a thing in the whole thing get all the credit for the things you had worked hard for?
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These are OK: Have you worked hard at some things and seen your friend , who didn't do/hadn't done anything, get all the credit for what you worked / had worked hard for? Did you work hard at something and see your friend , who didn't do/hadn't done anything, get all the credit for what you worked / had worked hard for?
- These are OK: Have you worked hard at some things and seen your friend , who didn't do/hadn't done anything, get all the credit for what you worked / had worked hard for?
- Did you work hard at something and see your friend , who didn't do/hadn't done anything, get all the credit for what you worked / had worked hard for?
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These are OK:
Have you worked hard at some things and seen your friend, who didn't do/hadn't done anything, get all the credit for what you worked / had worked hard for?
Did you work hard at something and see your friend, who didn't do/hadn't done anything, get all the credit for
Have you worked hard at some things and seen your friend, who didn't do/hadn't done anything, get all the credit for what you worked / had worked hard for?
Did you work hard at something and see your friend, who didn't do/hadn't done anything, get all the credit for
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Hi. Thank you so much.
Do you think the present tense and past tense in the part I am about to mention as I wrote it in the first post in an impossible (incorrect) combination? I am talking about the part "Have you worked hard at some things and seen your friend ..." Could it be "Have you worked hard at some things and saw your friend ..."?
You wrote/corrected:
Have
Do you think the present tense and past tense in the part I am about to mention as I wrote it in the first post in an impossible (incorrect) combination? I am talking about the part "Have you worked hard at some things and seen your friend ..." Could it be "Have you worked hard at some things and saw your friend ..."?
You wrote/corrected:
Have
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Could it be "Have you worked hard at some things and saw your friend ..."?-- NO, THAT'S WHY I CORRECTED IT. 'Have you worked...and [have you] seen....'
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