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"was my operation successful?" or " Have my operation been successful?"
if I had an operation yesterday,I want to know if my operation was successful.Should I ask my doctor,'Was my operation successful?"or"Have my operation been successful?" , any difference between them? Thanks.
2012년 1월 2일 오전 2:07
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Was my surgery succesful? Has my surgery been succesful? - Both are correct, but grammatically speaking we use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
2012년 1월 2일
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Was THE operation successful?
It is open to question as to whose operation it is.
This one is simple. The operation was yesterday, so past simple.
2012년 1월 2일
Thank you！
2012년 1월 3일
Use the sentence in the simple past because you said when it happened, "yesterday". :)
2012년 1월 2일
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