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i had taken leave vs i took leave

Both phrases are correct, but they're used in slightly different contexts. 'I had taken leave' refers to a past action that was completed before another past event. 'I took leave' is a simple past tense construction that describes a completed action in the past.
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This phrase is correct and is used when referring to a past action that was completed before another past event.

"i had taken leave"

This phrase is used in the past perfect tense to indicate an action that occurred before another past action or event.

Examples:

  • I had taken leave before the meeting started.
  • She had taken leave when the news arrived.
  • 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 had taken a day off
  • I had requested leave
  • I had been on leave
  • I had taken time off

This phrase is correct and is used in simple past tense to describe a completed action in the past.

"i took leave "

This phrase is used to indicate that someone took time off or requested leave in the past.

Examples:

  • I took leave last week to visit my family.
  • He took leave to attend his sister's wedding.
  • Sep 25, 2018 ... I took leave of absence and it was the best thing I've done in my career. Report this article; Close menu. Charis Wilson. Charis ...
  • Jul 31, 2024 ... 45 likes, 10 comments - repcolinallred on July 31, 2024: "I took leave when both my sons were born because I know it's difficult to juggle ...
  • Apr 20, 2022 ... How I Took Leave From and Returned to My Firm to Manage My Depression. Mike Kasdan shares his personal story of going through depression ...
  • Jan 6, 2022 ... ... I took leave. I was preparing myself to quit without anything lined up, but I spent a lot of my 6 week leave applying for new jobs and was ...
  • Dec 15, 2020 ... How would people perceive my commitment to the company? What would my direct reports do while I took leave? Could I still participate in major ...
  • Feb 13, 2024 ... Once I came back I foolishly admitted why I took leave and was treated like a leper who could do no right. I quickly found a new job. Second ...
  • Dec 20, 2021 ... ... I took leave of my friends.” I think most English speakers would add something to your sentence such as “headed for home.” “I took leave of ...
  • Apr 3, 2015 ... I took leave from work for a surgery I needed to have done. I did all the appropriate things to take time off. I gave my boss a months notice ...
  • Sep 17, 2019 ... ... I took leave of my friends.” I think most English speakers would add something to your sentence such as “headed for home.” “I took leave of ...

Alternatives:

  • I took a day off
  • I requested leave
  • I was on leave
  • I took time off

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