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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A relative clause with a different tense than other clauses
Previous to the innovations introduced by the Tudors, and which had been taken away by the bill against pressing soldiers, the King in himself had no power of calling on his subjects generally to bear arms.
<Source: 'And who'; 'and which' in The King’s English, 2nd ed by H.W. Fowler http://www.bartleby.com/116/206.html>
I'd like to know why the past perfect tense has been used in the "which" relative clause.
Thank you in advance for your help.
<Source: 'And who'; 'and which' in The King’s English, 2nd ed by H.W. Fowler http://www.bartleby.com/116/206.html>
I'd like to know why the past perfect tense has been used in the "which" relative clause.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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The usual reason: because "taken away" happened before "had no power". However, the sentence as a whole does not read correctly to me.
- The usual reason: because "taken away" happened before "had no power".
- However, the sentence as a whole does not read correctly to me.
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The usual reason: because "taken away" happened before "had no power".
However, the sentence as a whole does not read correctly to me.
However, the sentence as a whole does not read correctly to me.
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