Need Help.......what is the difference between these two sentences？and which one is correct?
1. I was informed that the tender has been submitted on NOV. 28
2. I was informed that the tender been submitted on NOV. 28
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Both are correct, but they mean very different things (if sentence 2 is meant to say 'had been submitted...')
The first means that I found this news out, and I found it out on the 28th. In other words the tender may have been submitted five days ago or five years ago!- but *I* found out on the 28th.
The second means that the *event ITSELF* took place on the 28th: in other words whoever submitted the tender did so on the 28th.
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They are both wrong. "had been" is probably correct, on the basis that the submission was made before the speaker was informed.
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