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Dear all,
The past perfect is used when we want to relate an action in the past to another (later) time in the past. In other words, to use the past perfect we need two time references. But please see the following sentence. Here past perfect tense is connected with present/future. I have seen this sentence in a reputed English Grammar Book. How is this possible?.kindly enlighten me.
1.I had wanted to go back to school, but it looks like I will have to let that idea go now.
Thanking in advance.
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cat navy 425 I had wanted to go back to school, but it looks like I will have to let that idea go now. Here is the implication. I had wanted to go back to school before I realized that I had to give up that idea , but it looks like I will have to let that idea go now.
- cat navy 425 I had wanted to go back to school, but it looks like I will have to let that idea go now.
- Here is the implication.
- I had wanted to go back to school before I realized that I had to give up that idea , but it looks like I will have to let that idea go now.
- There are quite a few instances in English of this kind of usage.
- The reference point in the past is not made explicit.
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cat navy 425I had wanted to go back to school, but it looks like I will have to let that idea go now.
Here is the implication.
I had wanted to go back to school before I realized that I had to give up that idea, but it looks like I will have to let that idea go now.
There are quite a few instances
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