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

"i had taken leave"

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.
  • 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

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

"i have taken leave "

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.
  • 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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