English Grammar
What is the difference between using the simple past in two parts of the sentence and using the past simple in one part and the past perfect in the other part. For example,
"As soon as the light started changing, the birds went silent"
What does that exactly mean? Why did not we say :"As soon as the light had started changing, the birds went silent" ??
In the following sentence, which one is correct "ate or had eaten'
When I came home, my wife and my sister ate/ or had eaten dinner.
'The birds went silent' is a correct sentence quoted from my English book. How can we use an adjective 'silent' to modify the verb 'go' ? Shouldn't we use an adverb instead?
Thanks!
Farah
Top answer
You ask a very similar question as in your earlier post. " Silent and quiet are synonyms. fold silver using the past simple in one part and the past perfect in the other part.
- You ask a very similar question as in your earlier post.
- " Silent and quiet are synonyms.
- fold silver using the past simple in one part and the past perfect in the other part.
- " That sentence does not contain the past perfect tense.
- Both clauses have simple past tense.
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You ask a very similar question as in your earlier post. Please refer to that one for the information about "go quiet." that idiom is the same as "go silent." Silent and quiet are synonyms.
fold silverusing the past simple in one part and the past perfect in the other part. For example,
"As soon as the light started changing, the birds w
0Let's assume I came home at 6pm.
When I came home, my wife and my sister ate dinner. They ate it after 6pm.
When I came home, my wife and my sister had eaten dinner. They ate it before 6pm.
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