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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Any grammatical errors / flashback help

Yolanda had never accepted my uncle, always talking about the wonderful things she imagined her own had done.

This occurs in a flashback, where the narrator is fifteen years old. However, this is past event. This flashback is spoken from the narrator, who is now twenty.
  

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Yolanda never accepted my uncle, always talking about the wonderful things she imagined her own uncle had done. There is no call for past perfect unless the text relates that Yolanda now accepts your uncle.

  • Yolanda never accepted my uncle, always talking about the wonderful things she imagined her own uncle had done.
  • There is no call for past perfect unless the text relates that Yolanda now accepts your uncle.
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Yolanda never accepted my uncle, always talking about the wonderful things she imagined her own uncle had done.

There is no call for past perfect unless the text relates that Yolanda now accepts your uncle.

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