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What is the difference between : I had no idea of what it was before I read your message and : I had no idea of what it was before I HAVE read your message ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between : I had no idea of what it was before I read your message and : I had no idea of what it was before I HAVE read your message ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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the sentence is in past tense and “have” is a present tense verb. the past form of have is “had”
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@EsiAdomaa So in this case can I can write : I had no idea of what it was before I HAD read your message ?
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yes, but for a more natural way, you can say “i had no idea what it was before i read your message”
read pronounced “red” is the past tense of read (pronounced reed)
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