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Imladris Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

As soon as + simple past / past perfect

while the perfect is omissible in She left the country as soon as she had completed her thesis (with punctual Ts;t), it is not omissible in She left the country as soon as she had written her thesis (where the thesis-writing situation is too long to be compared with the country-leaving one).

quoted from "The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language"

As far as I understand from the quote above, we can't say "She left the country as soon as she wrote her thesis".

What do you think about it?
  

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Yes, I think that's what it's saying.

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Yes, I think that's what it's saying.
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ImladrisAs far as I understand from the quote above, we can't say "She left the country as soon as she wrote her thesis".
You have understood this correctly.
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Well, thank you.

But do you think "that we can't say She left the country as soon as she wrote her thesis" is correct. Somehow I doubt we can't say it.
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I realized that I posted the question in the wrong place. It shoud have been in the general English grammar questions". Could a moderator help me with this?
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ImladrisCould a moderator help me with this?
Done. Emotion: smile
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ImladrisWell, thank you.But do you think "that we can't say She left the country as soon as she wrote her thesis" is correct. Somehow I doubt we can't say it.
Of course you can say it if you wish. There is no law against it. However it is not natural. The natural tenses for this utterance are those in She left the country as soon as she had written her the
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