Hello
Can someone please explain to me the difference between these two sentences.
1) I was wondering if you had made a decision regarding marketing role.
2) Have you made a decision regarding marketing role?
Thanks
Can someone please explain to me the difference between these two sentences.
1) I was wondering if you had made a decision regarding marketing role.
2) Have you made a decision regarding marketing role?
Thanks
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CJ
CJ
I was wondering if you've made a decision . . .
I was wondering if a decision has been made . . .
Since whether or not a decision has been made is presumably still relevant and includes the period up to now, I'd use the present perfect.
My two cents.
2. The present perfect is used, which denotes action completed in the present, so here the speaker is implying that he assumes the listener, if he indeed made the decision, did so it very recently.
CJ
English tense is my biggest enemy...