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i had taken leave vs i have taken leave

Both options are grammatically correct, but they are used in different ways. 'I had taken leave' is used when referring to a past event that happened before another past event. 'I have taken leave' is used when talking about a recent action that has an impact on the present.

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i had taken leave

This phrase is correct and is used when referring to a past action that happened before another past event.

This phrase is used to talk about a past action that occurred before another past event. It indicates that the action of taking leave happened in the past.

Examples:

I had taken leave before the project started.
She had taken leave when the news broke out.

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Last updated: October 31, 2024

Dec 30, 2022 ... I had taken leave from my work and was averaging close to 10-12 hours a day for self study. With respect to mocks, I was consistently ...
Feb 20, 2014 ... What I really needed to procure was rock salt for my steps, but I had taken leave of my senses. Nothing quite so practical ever crossed my ...
Mar 12, 2019 ... A few precious months earlier I had taken leave of working in other people's gardens to make my own at an abandoned nursery set amongst ...
Oct 24, 1995 ... ... I had taken leave of my senses. To the extent any of them watched the news at all, the civil rights movement was merely a distant affront to ...
So my first job in academia, in 1959, was in the Physics Department at the University of Maryland. But within a year and a half, I had taken leave to join the ...
Apr 5, 2022 ... I had taken leave from work to write about a potter back home in Japan, but sheltered there in my dry, Southeast London flat, the new page ...
Aug 14, 2020 ... I had taken leave from work and, aside from a hospital visit during visiting hours, would do nothing but write The Grief Handbook all day long!
Jun 14, 2024 ... I explained that I had taken leave to work on my master's (not that it was actually any of his business what I was using my leave for). He ...
May 18, 2014 ... Caroline King gets a hair combing from her sister's chicken, Henrietta, on May 6. Folks wrote to ask me if I had taken leave of my senses, if I ...
Nov 6, 2023 ... A year earlier, I had taken leave from my PhD program to spend a self-funded sabbatical year working on pandas and writing my book Python for ...

Alternatives:

I took leave
I had taken a day off
I had requested leave
I had been on leave
I had taken some time off

i have taken leave

This phrase is correct and is used when talking about a recent action that has an impact on the present.

This phrase is used to talk about a recent action of taking leave that has an impact on the present. It indicates that the action of taking leave is relevant to the current situation.

Examples:

I have taken leave for my sister's wedding.
She has taken leave to care for her sick child.

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Last updated: October 31, 2024

Dec 20, 2021 ... I have taken leave from work until December 29th. You do not take leave off. You take leave from. You could say , I shall be away from work ...
Mar 1, 2023 ... 3420 likes, 71 comments - kagutamuseveni on March 1, 2023: "I have taken leave of South Africa. I thank H.E Cyril Ramaphosa for inviting me ...
Apr 28, 2023 ... I have taken leave for 1 day. Can a boss call me on leave? All related (36).
Apr 27, 2024 ... I have taken leave 3 times in my 26 year corporate career: the birth of my daughter, Madeline; caring for Chuck after his brain cancer ...
Mar 20, 2024 ... walkstwomoons2. • 7mo ago •. I have worked at my company 8 years. I have taken leave three times. Upvote 3. Downvote Reply reply. Award
May 2, 2024 ... Over my 26-year corporate career, I have taken leave three times: for the birth of my daughter, Madeline, 18 years ago; to care for my husband, Chuck, ...
Nov 11, 2020 ... for e.g, if I have taken leave from 2/11/2020 to 2/12/2020 it should give 23 days excluding weekends but I am getting output as 24. CASE(MOD ...
I have taken leave of my meeting, but I have not resigned my membership. Back in 1943, as many Republicans sat in the benches as Democrats, and meeting was ...
Mar 25, 2010 ... Well, as many of you may already know I have taken leave of my Theater Manager duties (much thanks to Del and Claire for holding down the ...

Alternatives:

I took leave
I have requested leave
I am on leave
I have been granted leave
I have taken some time off

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