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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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After ... had returned / returned

0Can I say,02br
00(a) After Susan returned home from the trip, she bought gifts to her friends.02br
00(b) After Susan had returned from the trip, she bought the gifts to her friends. 0-
  

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02br 02br 00(a) 01b 00When02b 00 Susan returned home from the trip, she 01b 00brought02b 00 gifts to her friends. (01i 00returning 02i 00and01i 00 bringing02i 00 presumed simultanous)02br 02br 00(b)01b 00 When02b 00 Susan had returned from the trip, she 01b 00brough02b 00t the gifts to her friends. (01i 00returning 02i 00precedes 01i 00bringing02i 00)0-

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  • 02br 02br 00(a) 01b 00When02b 00 Susan returned home from the trip, she 01b 00brought02b 00 gifts to her friends.
  • (01i 00returning 02i 00and01i 00 bringing02i 00 presumed simultanous)02br 02br 00(b)01b 00 When02b 00 Susan had returned from the trip, she 01b 00brough02b 00t the gifts to her friends.
  • (01i 00returning 02i 00precedes 01i 00bringing02i 00)0-
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00There is nothing intrinsically incorrect about the past perfect here, but other oddities in your sentence make them both a little off.02br
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00(a) 01b00When02b00 Susan returned home from the trip, she 01b00brought02b00 gifts to her friends. (01i00returning 02i00and01i00 br
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