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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Confusing context
Hello everyone,
because it's christmas time I've decided to do a few grammar exercises on tenses. Unfourtunately as I was doing them, I found one sentence that puzzled me, namely:
Two days before he flew back to Sweden, we had a final meeting.
I would be very grateful if you were so kind as to explain me why the Simple Past is used in the second clause instead of the Past Perfect.
Happy Holidays
because it's christmas time I've decided to do a few grammar exercises on tenses. Unfourtunately as I was doing them, I found one sentence that puzzled me, namely:
Two days before he flew back to Sweden, we had a final meeting.
I would be very grateful if you were so kind as to explain me why the Simple Past is used in the second clause instead of the Past Perfect.
Happy Holidays
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Anonymous I would be very grateful if you were so kind as to explain to me why the Simple Past is used in the second clause instead of the Past Perfect. Two days before he flew back to Sweden, we had a final meeting. It is just two simple actions that occurred in the past.
- Anonymous I would be very grateful if you were so kind as to explain to me why the Simple Past is used in the second clause instead of the Past Perfect.
- Two days before he flew back to Sweden, we had a final meeting.
- It is just two simple actions that occurred in the past.
- The simple past is correct.
- The simple past is appropriate for events wish occurred in the past.
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AnonymousI would be very grateful if you were so kind as to explain to me why the Simple Past is used in the second clause instead of the Past Perfect.Two days before he flew back to Sweden, we had a final meeting.
It is just two simple actions that occurred in the past. The simple past is correct. The simple past is appropriate for events wis
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