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0why do we use01i00 01u00had been02u02i00 here??,is it right if we say 01i00(was)02i00 instead?!so if we can what is the difference ???02br
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00Morales, convicted of killing a seventeen-year-old girl twenty-five years ago, 01font01b00had been02b02font00 due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday night.02br
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0Grammatically, 01i00was02i00 can be used, but the past perfect 01i00had been02i00 places the event as previous to another past event-- in this case, the convict's reprieve, which is the main news item.02br
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00An excellent example of the appropriate use of the past perfect.0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10why do we use11i10 11u10had been12u12i10 here??,is it right if we say 11i10(was)12i10 instead?!so if we can what is the difference ???12br
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10Morales, convicted of killing a seventeen-year-old girl twenty-five years ago, 11

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