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Re:Bill Gates has donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime by dfxm12 on Friday February 15, 2013 @10:36AM (#5226628)
Like I said, "had donated" is ambiguous, however, inferring that this must mean Bill Gates either died or gave the donated money back is more than a bit of a stretch.
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Re:Bill Gates has donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime by raverbashing on Friday February 15, 2013 @10:48AM (#5226703)
Well, yes, it's a bitch of a stretch because of our context, still the phrase is ambiguous, so it's better with 'has'

The phrase certainly can be fixed if it refers to some event like 'Bill Gates had donated 36 billion before he left Microsoft'

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