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Hi, there
Should you say " I had been trying to sell my car for the last five days(until yesterday), and I hadn’t until today" or "I was trying to sell my car for the last five days(until yesterday), and I hadn’t until today" or "I tried to sell my car for the last five days(until yesterday), and I hadn’t until today"? or "I have been trying to sell my car for the last five days(until yesterday), and I hadn’t until today"?
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You sold your car today.
You would say, "I've been trying to sell my car for the past week, and finally sold it today."
The reported speech (not quote) He'd been trying to sell his car for a week, and hadn't sold it till today.
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The last sentence is the best one. You can also change the world 'last' to 'past" and remove "(until yesterday)".
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You should either say "I HAVE been trying to sell my car for the last 5 days and I HAVEN'T until today" OR "I HAD been trying to sell my car for the last 5 days and I HADN'T until today." If the event ENDED yesterday and now it's today, then you can use HAD/HADN'T. If the event JUST finished today, then you can use HAVE/HAVEN'T.
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