"By the time he got to the hospital, he had already been pronounced dead"
"Until recently had I not been able to solve this puzzle" (I wasn't able to solve this puzzle in the past, now I can)
"By the time he got to the hospital, he had already been pronounced dead" OK i "Until recently I had not been able /I was not able to solve this puzzle" (I wasn't able to solve this puzzle in the past, now I can) You need to punctuate both sentences correvtly.
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"By the time he got to the hospital, he had already been pronounced dead" OK i
"Until recently I had not been able /I was not able to solve this puzzle" (I wasn't able to solve this puzzle in the past, now I can)
You need to punctuate both sentences correvtly.