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Norwolf Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Had lived or lived
Hi, teachers.
Here goes a question:
I ___ in London for many years,but I’ve never regretted my final decision to move back to China.
A. lived B. was living C. have lived D. had lived
In my opinion, no doubt the best one is A, while D (had lived) is fine too, because there are three actions involved in: living, moving and regretting. The living goes before the moving which refers to the past time, so D (had lived) makes sense.
Am I mistaken?
Could you all please correct the mistakes, if any?
Thank you very much.
Here goes a question:
I ___ in London for many years,but I’ve never regretted my final decision to move back to China.
A. lived B. was living C. have lived D. had lived
In my opinion, no doubt the best one is A, while D (had lived) is fine too, because there are three actions involved in: living, moving and regretting. The living goes before the moving which refers to the past time, so D (had lived) makes sense.
Am I mistaken?
Could you all please correct the mistakes, if any?
Thank you very much.
Top answer
Hi Norwolf, Yes, option A is the best in your sentence. e. option D).
- Hi Norwolf, Yes, option A is the best in your sentence.
- e.
- option D).
- The use of 'lived' clearly tells us that you are referring to the finished past.
- The use of 'have never regretted' clearly refers to time up to the present.
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Hi Norwolf,
Yes, option A is the best in your sentence.
There is nothing in the sentence itself that justifies the use of the past perfect (i.e. option D).
The use of 'lived' clearly tells us that you are referring to the finished past.
The use of 'have never regretted' clearly refers to time up to the present.
There is no temporal aspect in 'to move'. Ev
Yes, option A is the best in your sentence.
There is nothing in the sentence itself that justifies the use of the past perfect (i.e. option D).
The use of 'lived' clearly tells us that you are referring to the finished past.
The use of 'have never regretted' clearly refers to time up to the present.
There is no temporal aspect in 'to move'. Ev
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