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Jonlase Posted 18 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Gramma Problems Please Help.
When does one uses two past tenses?
For example:
When I turned to look at John he had pulled the ring out of his pocked and pushed it towards me.
I did notice that John’s smile was a http://www.123helpme.com/search.asp?text=little wider than normal, and I assumed he was up to something.
Is this correct?
For example:
When I turned to look at John he had pulled the ring out of his pocked and pushed it towards me.
I did notice that John’s smile was a http://www.123helpme.com/search.asp?text=little wider than normal, and I assumed he was up to something.
Is this correct?
Top answer
Hi, Jonlase. Welcome to the English Forums. "Did" and "had" are auxilliary verbs which are combined with various forms of the main verb to form the more special tenses.
- Hi, Jonlase.
- Welcome to the English Forums.
- "Did" and "had" are auxilliary verbs which are combined with various forms of the main verb to form the more special tenses.
- You can do a search for "verb tenses" on our site, or on the net.
- There are quite a few of them, so you're in for a long session.
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Hi, Jonlase. Welcome to the English Forums.
"Did" and "had" are auxilliary verbs which are combined with various forms of the main verb to form the more special tenses. You can do a search for "verb tenses" on our site, or on the net. There are quite a few of them, so you're in for a long session.
"had pulled" is the past tense of "to have" plus the past participle of "to pul
"Did" and "had" are auxilliary verbs which are combined with various forms of the main verb to form the more special tenses. You can do a search for "verb tenses" on our site, or on the net. There are quite a few of them, so you're in for a long session.
"had pulled" is the past tense of "to have" plus the past participle of "to pul
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