Are the tenses correct in the first sentence of my example?
I am going to make up an example below.
(ex) Jack had scored at least ninety goals per season over/during/in the last three seasons, but he finished the current season with only twenty goals. He is determined to score more goals next season.
In this example, I use the past perfect "had scored" to indicate his previous scores that preceded his score completed in the current season. In the clause after "but", I use the simple past because the current season just ended. Do these tenses work in my example? Thank you for your help.
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ansonguy Jack had scored at least ninety goals per season over/during/in the last three seasons, but he finished the current season with only twenty goals. He is determined to score more goals next season. Use of "current", I think, can have present prefect.
- ansonguy Jack had scored at least ninety goals per season over/during/in the last three seasons, but he finished the current season with only twenty goals.
- He is determined to score more goals next season.
- Use of "current", I think, can have present prefect.
- So, when we use present perfect with the current season, use of past perfect in the previous sentence will not be proper.
- Jack scored at least ninety goals per season over/during/in the last three seasons, but he has finished the current season with only twenty goals.
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ansonguyJack had scored at least ninety goals per season over/during/in the last three seasons, but he finished the current season with only twenty goals. He is determined to score more goals next season.
Use of "current", I think, can have present prefect. So, when we use present perfect with the current season,
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