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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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i am making an invitation for my daughter's baptism and i encountered this problem. should i use "the most precious gift god hs given us" or "the most precious gift god had given us"? what's their difference?
  

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Hi, i am making an invitation for my daughter's baptism and i encountered this problem. should i use "the most precious gift *** hs given us" or "the most precious gift *** had given us"? what's their difference?

— Clive

  • Hi, i am making an invitation for my daughter's baptism and i encountered this problem.
  • should i use "the most precious gift *** hs given us" or "the most precious gift *** had given us"?
  • what's their difference?
  • 'Had given is' is just used when you are talking about two things in the past.
  • You should say 'has given us', which means 'in the whole past right up to now'.
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Hi,

i am making an invitation for my daughter's baptism and i encountered this problem. should i use "the most precious gift *** hs given us" or "the most precious gift *** had given us"? what's their difference?

'Had given is' is just used when you are talking about two things in the past.

You should say 'has given us', which means 'in the whole past right up to
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Use the present tense, because she is still a precious gift:

"the most precious gift *** has given us"
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