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Michael841 Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Different tenses
I was reading a book when I faced this sentence:
"Fabio had been a man" about Fabio the Italian cyclist. anyway then it came to me that if the sentence read "Fabio was a man" then what would be the difference if any.
Thanks
"Fabio had been a man" about Fabio the Italian cyclist. anyway then it came to me that if the sentence read "Fabio was a man" then what would be the difference if any.
Thanks
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Hi, I was reading a book when I faced this sentence: "Fabio had been a man" about Fabio the Italian cyclist. anyway then it came to me that if the sentence read "Fabio was a man" then what would be the difference if any. Both sound rather strange, with no context.
- Hi, I was reading a book when I faced this sentence: "Fabio had been a man" about Fabio the Italian cyclist.
- anyway then it came to me that if the sentence read "Fabio was a man" then what would be the difference if any.
- Both sound rather strange, with no context.
- 'Had been' sounds to me a bit like he later had a ***-change operation.
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Hi,
I was reading a book when I faced this sentence:
"Fabio had been a man" about Fabio the Italian cyclist. anyway then it came to me that if the sentence read "Fabio was a man" then what would be the difference if any.
Both sound rather strange, with no context.
'Had been' sounds to me a bit like he later had a ***-change operation.
I was reading a book when I faced this sentence:
"Fabio had been a man" about Fabio the Italian cyclist. anyway then it came to me that if the sentence read "Fabio was a man" then what would be the difference if any.
Both sound rather strange, with no context.
'Had been' sounds to me a bit like he later had a ***-change operation.
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