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Originally Posted by joham  --Does Trevor still work there?
--No, he left.
This dialogue comes from CAMBRIDGE LEARNER'S DICTIONARY (leave). I'd like to know why the answer isn't 'No, he's left', as we are always told by grammar books.
Thank you in advance. |
Good question. Presumably Trevor left some time ago, and thus his leaving takes the simple past. But we can imagine answering, 'no, he's left the company', whether this is correct or not.