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Rotter Posted 15 years ago
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Belived ... had made OR believed ... made
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed that Burma can chair the regional bloc in 2014, amid some signs of reform in the country.
The move came at a summit of the 10-member group in Indonesia.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told the BBC the decision was unanimous.
He said member states believed that Burma had made significant progress down the path of democracy.
The announcement came as Burma's pro-democracy party appeared poised to rejoin the country's political process.
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I think it is fine to write the simple past tense in the bold faced sentence of the above.
Why is it necessary to write past perfect here?
So the following is fine, in my book.
He said member states believed that Burma made significant progress down the path of democracy.
The move came at a summit of the 10-member group in Indonesia.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told the BBC the decision was unanimous.
He said member states believed that Burma had made significant progress down the path of democracy.
The announcement came as Burma's pro-democracy party appeared poised to rejoin the country's political process.
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I think it is fine to write the simple past tense in the bold faced sentence of the above.
Why is it necessary to write past perfect here?
So the following is fine, in my book.
He said member states believed that Burma made significant progress down the path of democracy.
Top answer
Rotter He said member states believed that Burma had made significant progress down the path of democracy. Why is it necessary to write past perfect here? Because it is refering to past action before the decision, which is also in the past.
- Rotter He said member states believed that Burma had made significant progress down the path of democracy.
- Why is it necessary to write past perfect here?
- Because it is refering to past action before the decision, which is also in the past.
- The past perfect is used to mean a time in the past relative to another time in the past.
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RotterHe said member states believed that Burma had made significant progress down the path of democracy.Why is it necessary to write past perfect here?
Because it is refering to past action before the decision, which is also in the past. The past perfect is used to mean a time in the past relative to another time in the past.
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