Had PP used with present
Hello....
In the below, "had PP"is used, as marked in bold.
But there doesn't seem to be a reason for it to be used here.
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Next, some small fish eat the zooplankton, uh, and take in all the methylmercury that the zooplankton had accumulated.
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How can we justify it?
Maybe this is a non-native's writing?
And the extended context is as below.
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Imagine this scenario: In a water source there are some tiny animals —uh, zooplankton —and they absorb a little bit of methylmercury from their aquatic environment. Bioaccumulation, remember? Next, some small fish eat the zooplankton, uh, and take in all the methylmercury that the zooplankton had accumulated. So…like us, fish can get rid of methylmercury...but it takes a very long time. And since the fish are constantly exposed to methylmercury— cause it's in their food and in the water— they just keep on absorbing methylmercury faster than their bodies can eliminate it. Each time a bigger fish eats a smaller fish, it is consuming the methylmercury that the smaller fish had accumulated.
Top answer
had PP i s not correct. I can't access your link, but the text you have shown us makes me think that the writer is a native speaker who writes in a casual style. Clive
- had PP i s not correct.
- I can't access your link, but the text you have shown us makes me think that the writer is a native speaker who writes in a casual style.
- Clive
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had PP is not correct.
I can't access your link, but the text you have shown us makes me think that the writer is a native speaker who writes in a casual style.
Clive
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