Maybe you had left it yesterday vs Maybe you left it yesterday

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Maybe you left it yesterday' is the more common and natural way to express this idea. 'Maybe you had left it yesterday' is also correct but is used when emphasizing the completion of an action before a certain point in the past.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 832 views

Maybe you had left it yesterday

This phrase is correct but is used when emphasizing the completion of an action before a certain point in the past.

This phrase is used to indicate that an action was completed before a specific time in the past. It adds a sense of past perfect tense to the sentence.

Alternatives:

maybe you left it yesterday
perhaps you had left it yesterday
you might have left it yesterday
you could have left it yesterday
it's possible you had left it yesterday

Maybe you left it yesterday

This phrase is the more common and natural way to express the idea of leaving something the day before.

This phrase is used to suggest the possibility that an action occurred in the past, in this case, leaving something the day before.

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Maybe you left it on the table.
Maybe you left it in Ops.
Maybe you left it in one of the girls' bathrooms.
Maybe you left it in your other suit.
Maybe you left it in Patrick Corey's apartment With the other one.
I - 'Cause maybe you left it in your locker and you don't remember?
Maybe you left it that way?
Maybe you left it on the table at the motel after you made sweet monkey love to her?
Your credenza is just where you left it.
The money's where you left it, Mr Whicher.
That's just sitting right where you left it.
Actually, you left it to me.
I thought you left it for me.
You'll find Nampara not as you left it.
You left it behind when the bombs fell.
Because you left it in the classroom, Doctor.
You left it behind in the office yesterday.
Everything you need's here, just as you left it.
Your desk is just as you left it.
You left it for her in the statue.

Alternatives:

maybe you had left it yesterday
perhaps you left it yesterday
you might have left it yesterday
you could have left it yesterday
it's possible you left it yesterday

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Maybe you had left it yesterday vs Maybe you left it yesterday