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Have been received or had been received?
Senior Member. They’re both equally correct, and there’s no great difference between them. The active form with ‘you’ asks whether you (the people you’re writing to) have received them, whereas the other just asks whether anyone has received them.
What is a sentence for had received?
He had received it. He had received a rejection slip. He had received death threats before. He had received numerous threats.
What is the difference between we have received and we received?
Use “received” when you specify a particular time or day for that event. Yesterday, we received our prize. Use “have received” when there is no time. We have received our prize.
What is the sentence of have and had?
We use have had in the present perfect when the main verb is also “have”: I’m not feeling well. I have had a headache all day. She has had three children in the past five years.
Is had received correct?
In verb tenses “we received” is simple past “we had received” is past perfect. The simple past is used to describe actions and/or events that are now completed and no longer true in the present. The past perfect describes completed events that took place in the past before another past event.
What is the difference between ‘have received’ and “had received”?
The difference between the two: D. 2. “have received ‘ ( in the direct speech ) and ‘had received “ ( in the indirect speech ). In the reported speech, ‘have speech’ becomes ‘had become’. Have received/has received is the present perfect tense. Though a certain action happens and completes in the past, its impact is still relevant in the present.
How do you use the word received in a sentence?
I have received you letter today. Had received is past perfect. Past perfect is used to talk about the ‘past in the past’ – to talk about something in the past that happened before something else in the past. For example: I had received your letter the day before you rang.
What is the present perfect tense of ‘have received’?
A. ‘Have received’ ( the present perfect tense ) A. 1. Usage: We have received your wedding invitation. A. 2. To denote a past action whose time is not given and not definite, the perfect perfect tense is used. Here, the time or the day when it was received should not be mentioned.
What is the difference between ‘I was wondering’ and ‘if you have received?
“I was wondering” refers to my wondering in the past, but “if you have received it” asks about your status (of having received it or not) in the present. Thus my own preferred version is neither of OP’s… I sent you a letter a few days ago; I was wondering if you had received it.