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Difference between hadn't been and hasn't been when both express past events
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are In
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)“Has not been updated” vs “Doesn't seem to be updated”Difference between “far” and “far away”“a house” or “the house”?I haven't seen her “for”/“in” two daysHave been caught alive hadConfusion about usage of tenses with 'during'Past Perfect vs Past SimpleHemingway: The Capital of the WorldIt hadn't been done before OR it hasn't been done beforePast Continuous Tense vs Past Perfect Continuous Tense
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In the following sentence .
The house was painted last weekend, it ..... Painted for years.
A)hasn't been
B)hadn't been
.This is confusing . my reasoning is as follows:
Had been is used to express the earlier of two events but there is only one even "the painting" so why use it and not hasn't been to give the meaning
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In the following sentence .
The house was painted last weekend, it ..... Painted for years.
A)hasn't been
B)hadn't been
.This is confusing . my reasoning is as follows:
Had been is used to express the earlier of two events but there is only one even "the painting" so why use it and not hasn't been to give the meaning
grammar
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"Hadn't been" refers to the past; ie. before the house was painted last weekend. "Hasn't been" would refer to the present and so would only be appropriate if the house had not been repainted recently.
– James Random
6 mins ago
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In the following sentence .
The house was painted last weekend, it ..... Painted for years.
A)hasn't been
B)hadn't been
.This is confusing . my reasoning is as follows:
Had been is used to express the earlier of two events but there is only one even "the painting" so why use it and not hasn't been to give the meaning
grammar
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In the following sentence .
The house was painted last weekend, it ..... Painted for years.
A)hasn't been
B)hadn't been
.This is confusing . my reasoning is as follows:
Had been is used to express the earlier of two events but there is only one even "the painting" so why use it and not hasn't been to give the meaning
grammar
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"Hadn't been" refers to the past; ie. before the house was painted last weekend. "Hasn't been" would refer to the present and so would only be appropriate if the house had not been repainted recently.
– James Random
6 mins ago
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"Hadn't been" refers to the past; ie. before the house was painted last weekend. "Hasn't been" would refer to the present and so would only be appropriate if the house had not been repainted recently.
– James Random
6 mins ago
"Hadn't been" refers to the past; ie. before the house was painted last weekend. "Hasn't been" would refer to the present and so would only be appropriate if the house had not been repainted recently.
– James Random
6 mins ago
"Hadn't been" refers to the past; ie. before the house was painted last weekend. "Hasn't been" would refer to the present and so would only be appropriate if the house had not been repainted recently.
– James Random
6 mins ago
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"Hadn't been" refers to the past; ie. before the house was painted last weekend. "Hasn't been" would refer to the present and so would only be appropriate if the house had not been repainted recently.
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