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has he left vs Had he left

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Has he left?' is used to ask about someone's current status or recent departure. 'Had he left?' is used to ask about someone's departure at a specific point in the past.

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 4289 views

has he left

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to ask about someone's current status or recent departure.

Use 'has he left?' to inquire about whether someone has departed recently or is currently absent.

Examples:

Has he left the building already?
Has he left for the airport yet?
Has he left his keys at home?
Has he left the party early?
Has he left his office for the day?

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Has he left for work? Ava:
Has he left for work?
Has he left? Is he watching the cow?
Has he left? - Yes.
What other choice has he left us?
Is your friend still here, or has he left?
How many times has he left these sessions in the middle?
Has he left her any assurance of his return?
Why has he left the university?
Or has he left her as well?
Has he left the hui?
Why has He left me?
Has he left already?
Has he left now?
Has he left for work?
Has he left the country?
Has he left the country?
Has he left the hul?
Has he left the building yet?
Has he left her any assurance of his return?

Alternatives:

Did he leave?
Has he departed?
Has he gone?
Has he exited?
Has he vacated?

Had he left

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to ask about someone's departure at a specific point in the past.

Use 'had he left?' to inquire about whether someone had departed by a certain time in the past.

Examples:

Had he left before you arrived?
Had he left the house when you called?
Had he left the office by noon?
Had he left the party before it ended?
Had he left his hometown by the time you visited?

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Had he left tomorrow, we wouldn't have stood a chance.
The first person to be affected was certainly Mahmoud Abbas; hardly had he left his country than the Israeli forces launched their assault on the prison.
Well, had he left on his own or been called back?
Had he just left us alone, no one would've been harmed.
Christian said that he had nothing when he left jail.
What little money he had left, he invested in Enron.
So he had just left the apartment.
Had he already left you when you took that trip with Darcy?
Those who survived rebuilt... but only to the level at which the Oracle had instructed before he left.
Brother Joseph said that only a few had died when he left.
You hit Enmebaragesi. I'm pretty sure he had that when he left the village.
I know he had one when he left here.
I've obviously had a, but he left us.
He had to go so he left the record.
Justin said you had street cash before he left.
We had a drink and he left.
He probably had reeling classes before he left London.
All we had was the shell he left behind.
In a wood very much like the one he had just left, he found a brugh where a party of gentlemen - some of them rather odd - were playing napdraw.
And drawing on what little reserves he had left, he forced himself up and tried to hunt one last time.

Alternatives:

Did he leave by then?
Had he departed already?
Had he gone by that time?
Had he exited before then?
Had he vacated the premises?

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