Why didn't you come to/attend/absent office.

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Dear all,Today I am going to the office after some days leave. In this context, I would like to know which of the following sentences are correct for my coworkers to ask me. If they are incorrect, please correct them. Actually what is the natural way to ask this?Why didn't you attend the office in the past couple of days?Why didn't you come to the office for the last few days? Why were you absent for the past few days?Thank you.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

cat navy 425 Dear all,
Today I am going to the office after some days leave. In this context, I would like to know which of the following sentences are correct for my coworkers to ask me. If they are incorrect, please correct them. Actually what is the natural way to ask this?
Why didn't you attend the office in the past couple of days?
Why didn't you come to the office for the last few days?
Why were you absent for the past few days?

Thank you.

The first one isn't very natural. The second and third one are OK.

The offices I've worked in in the U.S. are quite informal. For me the natural thing to say is "We've missed you. Where have you been these days?" possibly adding something like "I hope you haven't been sick". I don't mean to imply that this would also be natural where you work.

CJ

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