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Intelligent Freak Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

using of has and had

I need some clarifications in using these auxilliary verbs. When I say "Mr. Johnston has written the article about us.", how does it differ from "Mr. Johnston had written the article about us."

Thank you very much in advance!

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I.F.
  

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I need some clarifications in using these auxilliary verbs. When I say " Mr. ", how does it differ from " Mr.

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  • I need some clarifications in using these auxilliary verbs.
  • When I say " Mr.
  • ", how does it differ from " Mr.
  • " Has written - the action happened at an unspecified time in the past.
  • Had written - the action occured before another action in the past.
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I need some clarifications in using these auxilliary verbs. When I say "Mr. Johnston has written the article about us.", how does it differ from "Mr. Johnston had written the article about us."

Has written - the action happened at an unspecified time in the past.

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click on these buttons under your article:

past perfect
present perfect

and READ some of those threads.
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