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Mkyol Posted 18 years ago
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"My mother had had an intense passion for education, and I started to learn English since junior high school."
Is that right? I want to signify the fact that it was my mother's intense passion for education (which preceded in time) that made me learn English since junior high school by making the sentence past perfect.
Or should I just use one had?
"My mother had had an intense passion for education, and I started to learn English since junior high school."
Is that right? I want to signify the fact that it was my mother's intense passion for education (which preceded in time) that made me learn English since junior high school by making the sentence past perfect.
Or should I just use one had?
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My mother had had an intense passion for education before I started junior high school. My mother had an intense passion for education when I was at junior high school. We write 'had had' to indicate the past perfect tense.
- My mother had had an intense passion for education before I started junior high school.
- My mother had an intense passion for education when I was at junior high school.
- We write 'had had' to indicate the past perfect tense.
- You should push one action before the other action.
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My mother had had an intense passion for education before I started junior high school.
My mother had an intense passion for education when I was at junior high school.
We write 'had had' to indicate the past perfect tense. You should push one action before the other action.
1. You are telling this today.
2. You may have studied in 1930 or 1980.
3. Mum was
My mother had an intense passion for education when I was at junior high school.
We write 'had had' to indicate the past perfect tense. You should push one action before the other action.
1. You are telling this today.
2. You may have studied in 1930 or 1980.
3. Mum was
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Hi, thanks for the post, but I want to relate the fact that my mother had an intense passion for education.. which led me to learning English since junior high school. The examples you have there doesn't seem to relate the two ideas together.. and seems it's only about 'my mother'
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You see to write the past perfect tense there should be two past events.
"My mother had had an intense passion for education, and I started to learn English since junior high school."
In the above you wrote 'had had' .
So if you want to keep it as it is, I would write the following.
"My mother had had an intense passion for education before I started to learn English
"My mother had had an intense passion for education, and I started to learn English since junior high school."
In the above you wrote 'had had' .
So if you want to keep it as it is, I would write the following.
"My mother had had an intense passion for education before I started to learn English
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Hi Mkyol
I'd like to point out a few things:
- The word 'since' does not work in your sentence as it is written. It seems that you want to use the word 'since' to talk about 'from a point in the past up to now', but that doesn't work well with the verb 'started'. The start of something is usually a very short point in time and does not take place over a period of time.
I'd like to point out a few things:
- The word 'since' does not work in your sentence as it is written. It seems that you want to use the word 'since' to talk about 'from a point in the past up to now', but that doesn't work well with the verb 'started'. The start of something is usually a very short point in time and does not take place over a period of time.
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Yankee
I read your comments. I would agree to say the word 'since' usually goes with present perfect continuous tense.
I don't think the following sentence is incorrect.
My mother had had an intense passion for education before I started junior high school.
Please tell me if it is wrong.
I read your comments. I would agree to say the word 'since' usually goes with present perfect continuous tense.
I don't think the following sentence is incorrect.
My mother had had an intense passion for education before I started junior high school.
Please tell me if it is wrong.
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Hi Rotter
I think the use of the past perfect is completely unnecessary and also a little confusing in that sentence. To me, the use of the past perfect (in the sentence as it is written) suggests that you want to make sure that the reader understands that 'my mother's interest had ended before I started'. Why else would you go to the trouble of using the otherwise unneces
I think the use of the past perfect is completely unnecessary and also a little confusing in that sentence. To me, the use of the past perfect (in the sentence as it is written) suggests that you want to make sure that the reader understands that 'my mother's interest had ended before I started'. Why else would you go to the trouble of using the otherwise unneces
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