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Past perfect/present perfect.

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Latest post Sun, Oct 18 2009 1:02 AM by Mister Micawber. 1 replies.
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pleasehelp  +  945514 Sun, 18 Oct 09 12:50 AM
I think the reason why they were complaining was because most of the people had/have paid to hear the actors sing and not you.


I think both past perfect and present perfect could work in this situation?
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Mister Micawber  +  945517 Sun, 18 Oct 09 01:02 AM
Both work, but the situation is slightly different.  With 'have', the performance seems to be still pending; with 'had' it seems to be over.
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