Forfarfly  +  294626 Sat, 18 Nov 06 04:24 AM please take a look at the sentence below. which tense is correct? "have" or "had" in the clause after "said"? He said about 70 per cent of these new ships built in China have/had been exported to more than 100 countries, including the United States, Japan, Germany, France and Canada. Thanks! Forfarfly Joined on Fri, Nov 10 2006 New Member 17 Tenses, Clauses

	Philip  +  294663 Sat, 18 Nov 06 07:19 AM  Forfarfly wrote: please take a look at the sentence below. which tense is correct? "have" or "had" in the clause after "said"? He said about 70 per cent of these new ships built in China have/had been exported to more than 100 countries, including the United States, Japan, Germany, France and Canada. Thanks! A case could be made for 'had', but I would go with 'have'. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,736 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Tenses, Clauses