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Nsfs2 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Had felt/felt

Hi,
In the following sentence, would past perfect be acceptable, or it would be obligatory to use simple past instead of the future if one was to keep past perfect?

I will go to the doctor's this morning because I had felt ill during the night.

Thanks.
  

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I will go to / I'm going to the doctor's this morning because I felt ill during the night. I went to the doctor's that morning because I had felt ill during the night.

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  • I will go to / I'm going to the doctor's this morning because I felt ill during the night.
  • I went to the doctor's that morning because I had felt ill during the night.
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I will go to / I'm going to the doctor's this morning because I felt ill during the night.
I went to the doctor's that morning because I had felt ill during the night.
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Hi,

This question had me in doubt as to whether we say, 'fall ill' or 'feel ill'. The tenses of fall being, fall, fell, had fallen and falling. The tenses of feel being feel, felt and feeling. So what is the difference between 'feeling ill' and 'falling ill'?
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fatimah0786Hi,This question had me in doubt as to whether we say, 'fall ill' or 'feel ill'. The tenses of fall being, fall, fell, had fallen and falling. The tenses of feel being feel, felt and feeling. So what is the difference between 'feeling ill' and 'falling ill'?
"falling ill" means actually contracting an illness that is going to last a significant time
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