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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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when do we use have and had
Since they were co-worker, they have talked and shared alot about each other's family.
Since he was single, she had introduced me to him.
Since he was single, she had introduced me to him.
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Anonymous Since they were co-worker, they have talked and shared alot about each other's family. ----- Here using simple past will be more proper because the whole context is past. You tell us what co-workers did in the past.
- Anonymous Since they were co-worker, they have talked and shared alot about each other's family.
- ----- Here using simple past will be more proper because the whole context is past.
- You tell us what co-workers did in the past.
- If you want to emphasize something before this, you can use the past perfect tense in a proper contect.
- For example, they had met before at primary school and they were co-workers after years so they talked and shared much......
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AnonymousSince they were co-worker, they have talked and shared alot about each other's family. ----- Here using simple past will be more proper because the whole context is past. You tell us what co-workers did in the past. If you want to emphasize something before this, you can use the past perfect tense in a proper contect. For example, they had me
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