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Newguest Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Had become
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Back in 1864, there was a savage legal dispute over a parcel of land that included what had become the Bozelles' property and the abutting twenty-five acres.
--- Does it mean that before 1864 there was the Bozelles' property or many years after this year?
To me "had become" suggests that something happened earlier in the past.
Back in 1864, there was a savage legal dispute over a parcel of land that included what had become the Bozelles' property and the abutting twenty-five acres.
--- Does it mean that before 1864 there was the Bozelles' property or many years after this year?
To me "had become" suggests that something happened earlier in the past.
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Newguest To me "had become" suggests that something happened earlier in the past. Correct. "had become" takes us further back in time from 1864, so the sentence is saying that the land became the Bozelles' property some time before 1864.
- Newguest To me "had become" suggests that something happened earlier in the past.
- Correct.
- "had become" takes us further back in time from 1864, so the sentence is saying that the land became the Bozelles' property some time before 1864.
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NewguestCorrect. "had become" takes us further back in time from 1864, so the sentence is saying that the land became the Bozelles' property some time before 1864.
To me "had become" suggests that something happened earlier in the past.
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