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Taka Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Had

Therapies of all kinds had blossomed and so had the expectation that there needed to be a systematic way of evaluating their effectiveness.

About the second 'had', is it the same kind as the first one, that 'had' of the past perfect?
  

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Taka is it the same kind as the first one, that 'had' of the past perfect? Yes. The reader is supposed to assume that the expectation had also blossomed , though the past participle blossomed is not repeated.

  • Taka is it the same kind as the first one, that 'had' of the past perfect?
  • Yes.
  • The reader is supposed to assume that the expectation had also blossomed , though the past participle blossomed is not repeated.
  • CJ
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Taka is it the same kind as the first one, that 'had' of the past perfect?
Yes. The reader is supposed to assume that the expectation had also blossomed, though the past participle blossomed is not repeated.

CJ
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Good. Just as I thought. Thanks, Jim!

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