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Gulliano Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Differnce between had been and was for stative verbs
difference between different forms for stative verbs
The reporters had been astonished by his sudden arrival in town; they had thought that he would not wish to be there just when the worst of the scandal was about to explode on the front pages. But they had been wrong.
The reporters were astonished by his sudden arrival in town; they had thought that he would not wish to be there just when the worst of the scandal was about to explode on the front pages. But they were wrong..
The reporters had been astonished by his sudden arrival in town; they had thought that he would not wish to be there just when the worst of the scandal was about to explode on the front pages. But they had been wrong.
The reporters were astonished by his sudden arrival in town; they had thought that he would not wish to be there just when the worst of the scandal was about to explode on the front pages. But they were wrong..
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The first one makes further text explicit: the reporters were later no longer astionished, etc.
- The first one makes further text explicit: the reporters were later no longer astionished, etc.
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The first one makes further text explicit: the reporters were later no longer astionished, etc.
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[...had been astonished......no longer astonished...NOW]
[...were astonished...NOW]
Had been astonished gives a little more info on the timeline.
[...were astonished...NOW]
Had been astonished gives a little more info on the timeline.
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Hello again, gulliano.
The reporters were astonished by his sudden arrival; they had thought that he would not wish to be there. But they were wrong.-- The two underlined verbs are simple past tense; they are just a statement that those actions happened before NOW. But notice the bold verb: the past perfect tense is used to make it clear that the reporters 'th
The reporters were astonished by his sudden arrival; they had thought that he would not wish to be there. But they were wrong.-- The two underlined verbs are simple past tense; they are just a statement that those actions happened before NOW. But notice the bold verb: the past perfect tense is used to make it clear that the reporters 'th
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