Yoong Liat  +  409841 Mon, 27 Aug 07 05:06 AM I'm still without my glasses. I can't find them. Where are they? Oh, here they are! They have/had been missing for ages! Should I use 'have' or 'had'? Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757

	Philip  +  409844 Mon, 27 Aug 07 05:18 AM  Yoong Liat wrote: I'm still without my glasses. I can't find them. Where are they? Oh, here they are! They have/had been missing for ages! Should I use 'have' or 'had'? "have" = up to this point in time.  (Haven't we seen this before?) Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Yoong Liat  +  409848 Mon, 27 Aug 07 05:22 AM  Philip wrote:  Yoong Liat wrote: I'm still without my glasses. I can't find them. Where are they? Oh, here they are! They have/had been missing for ages! Should I use 'have' or 'had'? "have" = up to this point in time.  (Haven't we seen this before?) It was posted by Kooyeen, but the question is not the same. I hope Kooyeen won't sue me.   Yoong Liat

	New2grammar  +  409999 Mon, 27 Aug 07 01:38 PM It was posted by Kooyeen, but the question is not the same. I hope Kooyeen won't sue me.   Yoong Liat, I always have problems with 'the same'. I do not know when to pluralize the subject and when not to. Just a quick question, what does 'the question' here refer to? Thanks! New2grammar Joined on Tue, Nov 21 2006 Veteran Member 7,676 Who wants to go sailing around the world with me?

	Yoong Liat  +  410013 Mon, 27 Aug 07 02:38 PM  New2grammar wrote: It was posted by Kooyeen, but the question is not the same. I hope Kooyeen won't sue me.   Yoong Liat, I always have problems with 'the same'. I do not know when to pluralize the subject and when not to. Just a quick question, what does 'the question' here refer to? Kooyen didn't ask about whether it should be 'has' or 'had'. He asked about something else. Therefore, his question is not the same as mine. I asked only one question and that is whether I should use 'have' or 'had' in that sentence. Had I asked another question whether there was any error in that sentence, then I  would have asked two questions. If that was what I did, I would say " ... but the questions are not the same." I hope my explanation is clear. Yoong Liat Grammar

	New2grammar  +  410027 Mon, 27 Aug 07 02:59 PM Thanks for the explanation. It's quite clear except that I have a small follow-up question. I know it's right to say "Question A and question B are not the same". So similarly, is it correct to say "The questions (Kooyen's and my) are not the same" in your context? New2grammar

	Yoong Liat  +  410044 Mon, 27 Aug 07 03:18 PM  New2grammar wrote: So similarly, is it correct to say "The questions (Kooyen's and my) are not the same" in your context? You could also say "Kooyen's question and mine are not the same." Yoong Liat Grammar