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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
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a trip

Can I say,

(a) They had gone for a trip last week.

(b) The Nature Society has a trip at / to Green forest.
  

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Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) They had gone for a trip last week. ok (b) The Nature Society has a trip at / to Green F orest.

— Feebs11

  • Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) They had gone for a trip last week.
  • ok (b) The Nature Society has a trip at / to Green F orest.
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) They had gone for a trip last week. ok

(b) The Nature Society has a trip at / to Green Forest.

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Feebs11
Vincent Teo
(a) They had gone for a trip last week. ok

Shouldn't it be "She went for a trip last week"? ( time - "last week" - is mentioned )
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My two cents:

As a single sentence, 'went' would be more appropriate. But it fits okay in a past context, for example,

James and I were sitting in the living room thinking where to bring our kids on our vacation next week. We thought about camping in Yellow Stone but the kids had gone to camping last week.
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On second thought, 'last week' doesn't sound right. Should it be 'a week ago'? and 'last week' can only be used in present tense sentences, am I right?
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) They had gone for a trip last week.
No. Had + participle reflects a state that existed at some time in the past and that was interrupted by another state or action. For this to make sense you need to declare the interuption.
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The past perfect tense is used when you are describing two or more actions that were completed in the past, and one of them was completed before the other(s). For example, the past perfect tense would be appropriate if you said, "I stopped by their house hoping to see them, but they had gone
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Can I Say,

(a) She went to for / on a trip.

(b) They had a trip to .
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Yoong LiatThe past perfect tense is used when you are describing two or more actions that were completed in the past, and one of them was completed before the other(s). For example, the past perfect tense would be appropriate if you said, "I stopped by their house ho
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"They had gone for a trip last week" makes sense, provided it has more context. (The sentence cannot stand alone.) The past perfect tense is used when you are describing more than one action and you are trying to convey that one of the actions began and ended before the other action.

When we phoned to see if we could visit them, there was no answer. I have found out why. They had
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