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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Had
Question:
Where were you?
Answer:
Had to check on bed shipments that had arrived early in the morning.
Is the answer correct and natural? Thank you very much.
Where were you?
Answer:
Had to check on bed shipments that had arrived early in the morning.
Is the answer correct and natural? Thank you very much.
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The omission of the subject pronoun 'I' is rare even in spoken English. It is of course not permissible in writing. '.
- The omission of the subject pronoun 'I' is rare even in spoken English.
- It is of course not permissible in writing.
- '.
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The omission of the subject pronoun 'I' is rare even in spoken English. It is of course not permissible in writing. Where the omission of the subject is casual, the use of the past perfect is hyper-formal, so your registers are badly mixed; use simple past: 'that arrived...'.
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Mister MicawberThe omission of the subject pronoun 'I' is rare even in spoken English. It is of course not permissible in writing. Where the omission of the subject is casual, the use of the past perfect is hyper-formal, so your registers are badly mixed; use simple past: 'that arrived...'.What do you mean by hyper formal?
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Hyper-formality is when a speaker uses a phrase which is too formal.
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