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helo~~!

teacher~ i tend to confuse when i use "have" and "do" in a question tag.

for an example:
have you seen my pen?
do you see my pen?

what is the differences between those two sentences?
how about past tense
for an example:
had you seen my pen?
did you see my pen?

i think that all from me.. glad to hear you soon...... thanks

kah hong
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Old 27-Jan-2006, 10:56
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Hello Kahhong,

Have you seen my pen? (right from the past, until now)
Do you see my pen? (right now)

Had you seen my pen? (.... before I found it?)
Did you see my pen? (...yesterday?)


Best wishes,
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thank dany and tdol.. both of you solve my difficulty.. i appriciate it
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