[grammar] why use past perfect here?
Hello all!
I've just been watching House of Cards (which I find to be a great source of valuable vocabulary, by the way) and one scene has left me perplexed.
Vice President: May I? I know it's late but they said you were up.
Claire Underwood: I hadn't eaten the whole day. I'm sure you haven't.
Why is it that she first uses the past perfect tense and then immediately switches to present perfect?
Thanks
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Perfect Stranger Why is it that she first uses the past perfect tense To indicate the earlier reason for why she did not go to sleep. Perfect Stranger nd then immediately switches to present perfect? She thinks he hasn't eaten up to the time of their speaking.
- Perfect Stranger Why is it that she first uses the past perfect tense To indicate the earlier reason for why she did not go to sleep.
- Perfect Stranger nd then immediately switches to present perfect?
- She thinks he hasn't eaten up to the time of their speaking.
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Perfect StrangerWhy is it that she first uses the past perfect tense
To indicate the earlier reason for why she did not go to sleep.
Perfect Strangernd then immediately switches to present perfect?
She thinks he hasn't eaten up to the time of their speaking.
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