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i have not received vs i did not receive

Both of these phrases are correct; "I did not receive" is in the past tense, while "I have not received" is in the present perfect. The past tense makes something sound like it happened farther in the past than the present perfect.

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Last updated: December 10, 2017 • 519506 views

i have not received

This phrase is correct.

Use this phrase, which is in the present perfect, when explaining that you did not receive something you were expecting.

Some examples from our editors:

I have not received her email.
I have not received the package.

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And for several months, I have not received any letters.
I have not received your report on the explosion.
Three days till His Reverend comes to consecrate the new font, and I have not received an invitation to tea at the Rectory.
It has been over a week and I have not received his letter yet.
I have not received an answer.
I have a very brief point to make, Mr President, which is that I have not received an answer to my questions regarding depleted uranium weapons and munitions.
I have not received a reply to this question.
I have not received a reply to that question.
I have not received your notes on the story, boss.
Personally, I have not received any such gifts.
These are three important questions to which I have not received clear answers.
I have not received any amendments for today - Monday.
The services are checking on that, but I have not received any request for a split vote.
I have not received a discharge for the management duties I carried out previously, because such a procedure does not apply.
Unless I am mistaken, I have not received such a request.
Oddly enough I have not received many e-mails, so my machine has not been stuffed full of e-mails from Doctor Rath or anybody else.
Here is the latest example: I submitted a question in October, to which I have not received an answer to this day, namely when is the Council going to get round to implementing the salary increase promised to the Europol staff?
As I have not received an answer, I should like to ask you to take action.
Mr President, I have already sent you a letter - to which I have not received an answer - and I would like to ask you under which rule the microphone was switched off and why it was relevant to apply this rule.
I have not received written my three pages today.

Some alternatives from our editors:

I have not gotten
I did not receive
It has not arrived

i did not receive

This phrase is correct.

Use this phrase, which is in the past tense, when talking about something you expected to receive but did not.

Some examples from our editors:

I did not receive your message.
I expected to get your package today, but I did not receive it.

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Unfortunately, I did not receive any answer to this question.
Mr President, I did not receive a clear answer from the Council.
I did not receive a reply to this specific question.
I did not receive a reply to my specific question concerning the Gdańsk-Vienna axis.
I did not receive an answer to my question.
I did not receive any telephone calls from the family saying, you know, Nicholas is back.
Mr President, I apologise for taking up more time, but I did not receive an answer to my question.
Last week, when I personally mentioned this, I did not receive an answer.
I did not receive requests from one fifth of the Members.
With regard to 2 other dates I did not receive any daily allowance for the Parliament and these facts have been confirmed in writing to me by the EP services.
As far as the President of the European Parliament is concerned, I did not take part in it and I did not receive any of the speakers.
Madam President, Commissioner, as in July and September I twice asked a question to which I did not receive a written answer, I would like to ask it orally now.
I did not receive a precise answer to my question of how many of these trade union employees presently work for the Commission in total in all the trade unions represented?
Unfortunately, I did not receive a clear answer concerning the new Financial Perspective.
I did not receive it, Mr Talbot.
I did not receive this message.
Tell her I did not receive the 400 guineas.
I would therefore reiterate the questions to which I did not receive a clear answer and add a further one.
I did not receive any more details, and I am therefore obliged to put the question again.
Unfortunately, I did not receive it even within that period: the answer was supplied more than eight weeks after registration of the written question.

Some alternatives from our editors:

did not get
I have not received
it has not arrived

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