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Had accumulated or accumulated
Security chiefs, who had had the group under surveillance for some time, said they were close to putting their plan - which police said would have caused "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" - into action.
Sources in the UK have confirmed that they believe an attack may have been imminent - possibly in the next few days.
"They had accumulated and assembled the capabilities that they needed and they were in the final stages of planning for execution," Mr Chertoff said.
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They had accumulated and assembled the capabilities .....
The above is the past perfect tense.
What is wrong with 'They accumulated and assembled the capabilities .... ?
Is it necessary to write the past perfect in the given context?
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Sources in the UK have confirmed that they believe an attack may have been imminent - possibly in the next few days.
"They had accumulated and assembled the capabilities that they needed and they were in the final stages of planning for execution," Mr Chertoff said.
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They had accumulated and assembled the capabilities .....
The above is the past perfect tense.
What is wrong with 'They accumulated and assembled the capabilities .... ?
Is it necessary to write the past perfect in the given context?
Your comments please
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They had accumulated and assembled the capabilities ..... The above is the past perfect tense. “They” here referred to the terrorists whose plot to blow up several planes in mid air was foiled by the British police.
- They had accumulated and assembled the capabilities .....
- The above is the past perfect tense.
- “They” here referred to the terrorists whose plot to blow up several planes in mid air was foiled by the British police.
- The discovering stopped the plot which the terrorists have planned ( which included assembling and accumulating) for a period of time prior to the Police’s discovery.
- So past perfect is correctly used.
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They had accumulated and assembled the capabilities .....
The above is the past perfect tense.
“They” here referred to the terrorists whose plot to blow up several planes in mid air was foiled by the British police. The discovering stopped the plot which the terrorists have planned ( which included assembling and accumulating) for a period of time prior to
The above is the past perfect tense.
“They” here referred to the terrorists whose plot to blow up several planes in mid air was foiled by the British police. The discovering stopped the plot which the terrorists have planned ( which included assembling and accumulating) for a period of time prior to
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