Had been looking for ... and found a good price
I am going to make up an example below.
(ex) In the last two weeks, I had been looking for an affordable television in the local stores, and I found a very good price.
Are the tenses correct in my sentence? Thanks for your help.
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ansonguy Are the tenses correct in my sentence? No, there is no call for past perfect, and it sound particularly odd with 'in the last two weeks', for which the reader expects present perfect. Over the the last two weeks, I was looking for an affordable television in the local stores, and I found one for a very good price.
- ansonguy Are the tenses correct in my sentence?
- No, there is no call for past perfect, and it sound particularly odd with 'in the last two weeks', for which the reader expects present perfect.
- Over the the last two weeks, I was looking for an affordable television in the local stores, and I found one for a very good price.
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ansonguyAre the tenses correct in my sentence?
No, there is no call for past perfect, and it sound particularly odd with 'in the last two weeks', for which the reader expects present perfect.
Over the the last two weeks, I was looking for an affordable television in the local stores, and I found one for a very good price.
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