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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Was or has been?

The document has been or was sent to your office on 21 Nov.
  

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Was

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AnonymousThe document has been or was sent to your office on 21 Nov.
The combination in bold is impossible. You can't have a present perfect with a mention of a specific time. You'll have to use "was" if you include "on 21 Nov".

CJ
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As Mr. Micawber said. it would be definitely was. because when we are talking about definite time in the past, it must be past simple
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