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Harry1999 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Which sentence is correct?
Sorry, I was gone for the day when you sent me this email.
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Sorry, I had been gone for the day when you sent me this email.
The scenario is, my friend has mailed me and I was not available to see his mail. I am online now and want to reply.
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Sorry, I had been gone for the day when you sent me this email.
The scenario is, my friend has mailed me and I was not available to see his mail. I am online now and want to reply.
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harry1999 Sorry, I was gone for the day when you sent me this email. It might be right. I just want to check to see if you said what you intended to say.
- harry1999 Sorry, I was gone for the day when you sent me this email.
- It might be right.
- I just want to check to see if you said what you intended to say.
- Sorry.
- I was gone the day you sent me this email.
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harry1999Sorry, I was gone for the day when you sent me this email.It might be right. I just want to check to see if you said what you intended to say.
Sorry. I was gone the day you sent me this email. (You were not there at all on that day.)
Sorry. I was gone for the day when you sent me this email. (You had left work not intending to r
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Thanks. 
Sorry. I was gone the day you sent me this email.
Doesn't it require the word "when"?
Sorry. I was gone the day you sent me this email.
Doesn't it require the word "when"?
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You replied before I finished the post.
Take a look at your two choices. One of them does not require 'when'.
CJ
Take a look at your two choices. One of them does not require 'when'.
CJ
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Oh! The second example given by you applies to the case I was trying to explain.
Thank you very much CJ.
Thank you very much CJ.
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