Has failed/had

Xinfu

May 21, 2015 11:26 PM

Has failed/had

15/5/21 T

-The union says it won't rule out calling a strike in the second half of August as the management has failed to respond to their demand by the 10 am deadline they set this morning.

If the speaker is speaking after the deadline, is has failed correct?

Rusty

May 22, 2015 02:47 PM

Yes, it is fine to use either the perfect tense or the past tense. The first means the failure is still present in the speaker's mind.

Xinfu

May 23, 2015 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 155002)

Yes, it is fine to use either the perfect tense or the past tense. The first means the failure is still present in the speaker's mind.

Do you mean they are all correct?

-has failed
-had failed
-failed

Rusty

May 23, 2015 07:13 AM

Yes.

Xinfu

May 24, 2015 04:40 AM

Thank you.

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