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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Please look at the sentence below
Tension had long been mounting in Sunni-majority parts of Iraq. When it broke on June 10, violence spread with the force of a flash flood in the desert.
Within 48 hours of seizing Mosul, Iraq’s second-biggest city, Sunni rebels had barrelled down a 200-mile stretch of the Tigris river valley, scattering troops loyal to Iraq’s Shia-dominated central government and threatening Baghdad, the capital.
In the above sentence why has past perfect been used here
"Sunni rebels had barrelled down a 200-mile stretch of the Tigris"
Can simple past not do the job?
And also can we start any sentence with Past Perfect?Because we need to have simple past first only then can we use past perfect,but here the sentence has been started with past perfect. Please help me.
Thank you.
Tension had long been mounting in Sunni-majority parts of Iraq. When it broke on June 10, violence spread with the force of a flash flood in the desert.
Within 48 hours of seizing Mosul, Iraq’s second-biggest city, Sunni rebels had barrelled down a 200-mile stretch of the Tigris river valley, scattering troops loyal to Iraq’s Shia-dominated central government and threatening Baghdad, the capital.
In the above sentence why has past perfect been used here
"Sunni rebels had barrelled down a 200-mile stretch of the Tigris"
Can simple past not do the job?
And also can we start any sentence with Past Perfect?Because we need to have simple past first only then can we use past perfect,but here the sentence has been started with past perfect. Please help me.
Thank you.
Top answer
Anonymous n the above sentence why has past perfect been used here"Sunni rebels had barrelled down a 200-mile stretch of the Tigris" The writer wishes to indicate that the deed is done indeed. Anonymous Can simple past not do the job? It will serve, but it will not do the job that the writer wished to do.
- Anonymous n the above sentence why has past perfect been used here"Sunni rebels had barrelled down a 200-mile stretch of the Tigris" The writer wishes to indicate that the deed is done indeed.
- Anonymous Can simple past not do the job?
- It will serve, but it will not do the job that the writer wished to do.
- Anonymous we need to have simple past first only then can we use past perfect, No, not at all.
- Anonymous And also can we start any sentence with past perfect ?
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Anonymousn the above sentence why has past perfect been used here"Sunni rebels had barrelled down a 200-mile stretch of the Tigris"The writer wishes to indicate that the deed is done indeed.
AnonymousCan simple past not do the job?It will serve, but it will not do the job that the writer wished to do.
Anon
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Thank you so much.
Will you please tell me what difference does the use of past perfect make in comparison to simple past?Why does simple past not indicate the deed to have been done.
And please tell me in what situations can we start a sentence with past perfect.I have never understood this very thing.
Will be kind of you to help me.
Thank you
Will you please tell me what difference does the use of past perfect make in comparison to simple past?Why does simple past not indicate the deed to have been done.
And please tell me in what situations can we start a sentence with past perfect.I have never understood this very thing.
Will be kind of you to help me.
Thank you
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AnonymousWill you please tell me what difference does the use of past perfect make in comparison to simple past?Why does simple past not indicate the deed to have been done.They both say the deed is done. Past perfect is required when it refers to the earlier of two past events, the order of occurrence of which is otherwise unclear.
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