You finished the work which Sam gave to you - is this correct?

[Sureshvemuri]

"You finished the work which Sam gave to you" - is this correct.
OR
"You finished the work which Sam had given to you" - is this correct.
Thanks,
Suresh

[Yankee]

Hi Suresh

Both sentences are OK. However, there is no need to use the past perfect in sentence 2. In addition, rather than using "which", I would prefer "that" or nothing at all. The word "to" is also optional:

- You finished the work (that) Sam gave (to) you.
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[Sureshvemuri]

Yankee,
Thank you for your reply and time, again.
Thanks,
Suresh

[English Teacher]

[Vietanhpham_Winter]

No matter what it is, English Teacher, the word it must be omitted as here we used a relative clause in which the relative pronoun was omitted as a result of reduced clause. However, we still consider the existence of it somewhere in our minds, that's why it must be omitted. Back to the main topic, I can't imagine when this sentence should be used. I think whenever it's used, it still has the meaning of a question or at least we have to use I instead of you. About the tense, although I love to speak and use American English, I recommend using past perfect there. The Americans usually forget all about perfect tense. They usually say I just finished instead of I've just finished. This way is very wonderful for the Americans, who are very busy. But to be frank, I think using standard English here is required.
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