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Virat1971 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Had

Why "Had" is used in this sentence?

The CISF DIG from Chennai also spoke to me over the phone,” said the DMK leader, who had gone to Delhi to attend the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill and the Standing Committee on Chemical and Fertilizers said.


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virat1971 Why "Had" is used in this sentence? 'had' is the auxiliary verb for the past perfect tense. ".

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  • virat1971 Why "Had" is used in this sentence?
  • 'had' is the auxiliary verb for the past perfect tense.
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  • When two actions both occurred in the past and you want to make the sequence of events clear, you use the past perfect for the action that occurred first.
  • Action 1: The DMK leader went to Delhi to attend the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection ....
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virat1971Why "Had" is used in this sentence?

'had' is the auxiliary verb for the past perfect tense. In your example it's used to form the past perfect verb phrase "had gone to Delhi ...".

When two actions both occurred in the past and you want to make the sequence of events clear, you use the past perfect for the action that occurred first.

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