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DSO AMRELI Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
use of since in past perfect and present perfect
are these both sentences grammatically correct?
1. the house had belonged to him since his birth
2. the house has belonged to him since his birth
1. the house had belonged to him since his birth
2. the house has belonged to him since his birth
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Hello, DOS AMRELI, and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member. When you post here, be sure to type carefully so that we can understand your real problem: The house had belonged to him since his b irth.
- Hello, DOS AMRELI, and welcome to English Forums.
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- When you post here, be sure to type carefully so that we can understand your real problem: The house had belonged to him since his b irth.
- The house has belonged to him since his b irth .
- Both of those sentences are possible, but #1 is correct only if another, later, past event is included in the immediate context.
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Hello, DOS AMRELI, and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member. When you post here, be sure to type carefully so that we can understand your real problem:
The house had belonged to him since his birth.
The house has belonged to him since his birth.
Both of those sentences are possible, but #1 is correc
The house had belonged to him since his birth.
The house has belonged to him since his birth.
Both of those sentences are possible, but #1 is correc
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