Have done; did

Xinfu · #1 July 27, 2015, 10:41 AM

-For those who

have done

(or did?) the exercise in class, please ignore this email.

(from an email sent to the students who were absent)

IN CLASS is like yesterday, which requires the simple past; do you think HAVE DONE is wrong?

**Rusty** · #2 July 27, 2015, 03:23 PM

Both 'have done' and 'did' are valid and you'll hear both used. Which one is used depends on what point of view the speaker takes about the action.

Xinfu · #3 July 28, 2015, 05:49 AM

Good answer. Thank you.

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