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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Couldnt

I couldn't have received the package, because I hadn't been home at the time.

Can I use past perfect or would past tense suffice?

Thank you!
  

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I see no need for the past perfect here. Yes, use the past tense. I couldn't have received the package because I wasn't home at the time.

— RandomGuy

  • I see no need for the past perfect here.
  • Yes, use the past tense.
  • I couldn't have received the package because I wasn't home at the time.
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I see no need for the past perfect here. Yes, use the past tense.

I couldn't have received the package because I wasn't home at the time.
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past tense suffice...

u can use past perfect to show what actions took place before an action occurred in the past
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