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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Grammatically correct
Dear teachers I have a question for you.
1. We had talked to him yesterday.
2. We talked to him yesterday.
Our teacher said that first sentence is not grammatical. I don't understand why. I believe that a native speaker can use a sentence like that. What makes this wrong?
1. We had talked to him yesterday.
2. We talked to him yesterday.
Our teacher said that first sentence is not grammatical. I don't understand why. I believe that a native speaker can use a sentence like that. What makes this wrong?
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Anonymous Our teacher said that first sentence is not grammatical. It's grammatical, but it's not appropriate without further context. In fact, it's difficult to place it in a context where it makes sense.
- Anonymous Our teacher said that first sentence is not grammatical.
- It's grammatical, but it's not appropriate without further context.
- In fact, it's difficult to place it in a context where it makes sense.
- Maybe that's what your teacher meant.
- To make it work you need to establish a reference time in the past, but not so far past as yesterday.
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AnonymousOur teacher said that first sentence is not grammatical.It's grammatical, but it's not appropriate without further context. In fact, it's difficult to place it in a context where it makes sense. Maybe that's what your teacher meant.
To make it work you need to establish a reference time in the past, but not so far past as yesterday. It mi
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