English Language & Usage Asked by Niraj Raut on December 6, 2020
Context: See this tweet.
Is "I hadn’t read it yet" correct in the above context? It would be better if you bolster your claims with a credible source.
It seems totally fine.
Someone sent her something that she had not read yet. The past perfect refers to the time before that person sent her that text. The sending happened in the past, and the " not having read it" was before that.
If she would have tweeted, as @AkshayPrasath proposes, "Thanks for this.. I haven’t read it yet..", it would mean that she thanks someone for sending her something, but she hasn't found the time yet to read it.
That could be a reasonable thing to say, if someone had given you a book: "Thank you for the book you gave me. Unfortunately, I haven't read it yet."
Correct answer by oerkelens on December 6, 2020
It is incorrect.
The correct usage would be "I haven't read it yet"
I hadn't read is past perfect tense which points to an event in the past. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past
Answered by Akshay Prasath on December 6, 2020
Yes, it means "at that point in the past, I had not yet read it. However I may have read it since then. "
Answered by ekolis on December 6, 2020
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