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CalifJim Yesterday evening Bill had a phone call from Sally. HeHi CalifJim,hewas very surprised and happy because he hadahdwritten to her many times but she had never replied to his letters.
Would I be able to keep the sentence grammatically correct if I change 'had written' to 'wrote' and 'had never replied' to 'never replied' ?Yes, but the original version as it stands is clearer and, I might even say, more elegant.