Correct?

Hi,

trashed, not 'thrashed'.

Then, came reports that the concert had been cancelled after the angry fans thrashed the equipment.

I'd remove the comma.


Then, after the angry fans thrashed the equipment, came reports that the concert had been cancelled.

Hi,

Then, after the angry fans damaged the equipment, it was said in the reports that the concert had been cancelled.

Regards

Hi,

Shouldn't it be - Then, after the angry fans trashed the equipment, came reports that the concert was cancelled

Thanks

Rahul2689Hi,

Shouldn't it be - Then, after the angry fans trashed the equipment, came reports that the concert was cancelled

The reports came after the cancellation, so you probably have to use past perfect.

Hi,

Shouldn't it be - Then, after the angry fans trashed the equipment, came reports that the concert was cancelled

Both tenses are fine. 'Had been' is more emphatic about the fact that the cancellation was before some other event. However, in both cases it is unclear what that event was. It may have been either the trashing, or the coming of

How about this?

Then, after the angry fans had trashed the equipment, came reports that the concert was cancelled

Hi,

It is possible, but it's much more idiomatic to use the past perfect here.

Regards

Then, after the angry fans had trashed the equipment, came reports that the concert had been cancelled.

Does this sentence solve the confusion as to the order of the events or does it just make the order unclearer?

1. Equipment trashed

2. Concert cancelled

3. Reports came

Then, after the angry fans trashed the equipment, came reports that