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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Had gone or went?

Which is preferred?

a) I never went to Europe when I was a child, but I went there last year.

a) I had never gone to Europe when I was a child, but I went there last year.

I think a)simple past is better, because it says "when I was a child", but a friend says had gone is better, because it has "never".

Thanks in advance.

  

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anonymous a friend says had gone is better, because it has "never" Use a). The past tense is often used with never, ever and always in American English. " CB

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  • anonymous a friend says had gone is better, because it has "never" Use a).
  • The past tense is often used with never, ever and always in American English.
  • " CB
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anonymousa friend says had gone is better, because it has "never"

Use a). The past tense is often used with never, ever and always in American English. Mark Twain said: "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."

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