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you have made vs you had made

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "You have made" is used in the present perfect tense to indicate an action that was completed recently or has relevance to the present. "You had made" is used in the past perfect tense to indicate an action that was completed before another past action or time.
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you have made

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English in the present perfect tense.

Use 'you have made' in the present perfect tense to talk about an action that was completed recently or has relevance to the present.

Examples:

  • You have made a great impression on everyone.
  • I can't believe you have made such a mess in the kitchen.
  • Have you made a decision yet?
  • She has made significant progress in her studies.
  • They have made a lot of improvements to the house.
  • Louis, you have made a tactical error.
  • Excellent point, which you have made before, granted.
  • Instead, you have made me a monster.
  • Because you have made me so happy... over these past few months.
  • Your Excellency, forgive me, but you have made a mistake by trusting Clovis.
  • Indeed, you have made public statements testifying to their health.
  • Since you have made up your mind.
  • If you have made another mistake...
  • I would like to go on record as saying you have made every wrong choice imaginable in this situation.
  • What you have made during the lesson?
  • On supplementary pensions, you have made three proposals.
  • Purple Man, you have made a grave mistake.
  • I am what you have made me.
  • Yes, the sacrifices you have made to your own life.
  • Now I fear you have made the error.
  • Miss Carr, you have made an extraordinary mistake.
  • 'Cause you have made this Chief...
  • Then you have made your choice.
  • - Assume you have made a new friend called Barfi.
  • And you have made me look ridiculous!

Alternatives:

  • you made
  • you will make
  • you are making
  • you had made
  • you will have made

you had made

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English in the past perfect tense.

Use 'you had made' in the past perfect tense to indicate an action that was completed before another past action or time.

Examples:

  • By the time I arrived, you had made all the arrangements.
  • I realized you had made a mistake in the calculations.
  • She said she had made a promise to him.
  • They had made plans to meet at the park.
  • Before the storm hit, they had made preparations.
  • Last week when you were talking about Malini, you said that you had made a great sacrifice.
  • is that if we want to christen it, we do it on our behalf without receptions, nothing you had made me scared, that's all?
  • So you didn't even know that you had made a mistake until the police pointed it out.
  • So instead of just realising you had made a human error and returning the cigarettes, you decided to peek inside. Why?
  • Now when you finally realized that you had made a mistake, did you call the cops and tell them?
  • She stole the passports you had made for her.
  • After you had made your discoveries.
  • No, you just said you had made a mistake.
  • The police said that you had made it as far as the woods where your chance of escape would be much greater, but yet you turned around.
  • I thought you had made peace with your decision to leave.
  • And I might still be managing it today if you had made good on the offer to run your label.
  • You know what'd make the joke better is if you had made it about the equal distribution of cake slices.
  • Because if you had made that mistake, it would just call into question all of your other decisions.
  • Agent Scully... thought that you had made a miscalculation, in Duane Barry's psychosis.
  • I heard you had made it.
  • I asked if you were afraid of death and you said that you had made peace with it.
  • If you had made it to the party, what would you have done there?
  • That you had made a decision about whether or not you wanted to marry me?
  • So you didn't think to call us and clue us in that you had made contact?
  • If you had made different choices, you wouldn't have seen the incredible sights you've seen, done the amazing things you've done.

Alternatives:

  • you made
  • you will make
  • you are making
  • you have made
  • you will have made

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