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Zunayeed Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Can you please explain this ?

what is the difference between 'I had inadvertently hit on a literary taboo. ' and 'I inadvertently hit on a literary taboo. '
  

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'I had inadvertently hit on a literary taboo. ' The main verb is past perfect tense. 'I inadvertently hit on a literary taboo.

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  • 'I had inadvertently hit on a literary taboo.
  • ' The main verb is past perfect tense.
  • 'I inadvertently hit on a literary taboo.
  • ' The main verb is simple past tense.
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'I had inadvertently hit on a literary taboo. ' The main verb is past perfect tense.
'I inadvertently hit on a literary taboo. ' The main verb is simple past tense.
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Could you please explain this from the perspective of meaning ?
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The first would require the context of a later past event,
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