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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
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Had

Ron Jaworski, Jon Gruden, and Mike Tirico had been Monday night partners since 2009.

These three were fired by their company today.

The headline uses past perfect, but it doesn't describe an event of two past events...? Experts please explain.
  

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perhaps a context implies the second past event or time.

  • perhaps a context implies the second past event or time.
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perhaps a context implies the second past event or time.

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