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PreciousJones Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Asked out

I had been asked out a few times on the street. And each time the answer was no.

Is the past perfect use correctly here?

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PreciousJones I had been asked out a few times on the street. And each time the answer was no. PreciousJones Is the past perfect use correctly here?

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  • PreciousJones I had been asked out a few times on the street.
  • And each time the answer was no.
  • PreciousJones Is the past perfect use correctly here?
  • In my opinion it's not --- unless there's some prior context referring to an event in the past , and these "few times" occurred before that .
  • I would say : I have been asked out a few times on the street.
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PreciousJonesI had been asked out a few times on the street. And each time the answer was no.
PreciousJonesIs the past perfect use correctly here?
In my opinion it's not --- unless there's some prior context referring to an event in the past, and these "few times" occurred before that.

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