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Business English Course Part 8
Business English Course Part 8
Incorrect: They had went to the meeting before I arrived.
Correct: They had gone to the meeting before I arrived.
Incorrect: They have went to the meeting and I am still waiting got them to come back.
Correct: They have gone to the meeting and I am still waiting got them to come back.
Explanation: Use "gone" not "went" when dealing with present and past perfect.
Incorrect: They had came here before you.
Correct: They had come here before you.
Incorrect: They have came here many times before.
Correct: They have come here many times before.
Explanation: In the present and past perfect use "come" not "came".
Incorrect: I had arrived to the meeting but it already ended.
Correct: I arrived to the meeting but it had already ended.
Explanation: What happened first? You arriving to the meeting or the meeting ending first? The action that happened first takes the past perfect even it occurs second in the sentence.
Incorrect: I like to lay down for a rest after every meeting.
Correct: I like to lie down for a rest after every meeting.
Incorrect: I lied down for rest yesterday.
Correct: I lay down for a rest yesterday.
Explanation: The below table will explain the differences between lay and lie.
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Correct: They had gone to the meeting before I arrived.
Incorrect: They have went to the meeting and I am still waiting got them to come back.
Correct: They have gone to the meeting and I am still waiting got them to come back.
Explanation: Use "gone" not "went" when dealing with present and past perfect.
Incorrect: They had came here before you.
Correct: They had come here before you.
Incorrect: They have came here many times before.
Correct: They have come here many times before.
Explanation: In the present and past perfect use "come" not "came".
Incorrect: I had arrived to the meeting but it already ended.
Correct: I arrived to the meeting but it had already ended.
Explanation: What happened first? You arriving to the meeting or the meeting ending first? The action that happened first takes the past perfect even it occurs second in the sentence.
Incorrect: I like to lay down for a rest after every meeting.
Correct: I like to lie down for a rest after every meeting.
Incorrect: I lied down for rest yesterday.
Correct: I lay down for a rest yesterday.
Explanation: The below table will explain the differences between lay and lie.
| lie | lie | lay | |
| to not tell the truth | to rest | to place | |
| present | lie | lie | lay |
| past | lied | lay | laid |
| present principle | lied | lying | laid |
| past principle | lied | lain | laid |
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