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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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had returned

"Within a ?week, the ?situation had returned to ?normal."

had returned <- Is it Past Perfect?
  

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Anonymous Is it Past Perfect? Yup! CJ

  • Anonymous Is it Past Perfect?
  • Yup!
  • CJ
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Anonymous Is it Past Perfect?
Yup! Emotion: smile

CJ
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Anonymous2. Within a week, the situation returned to normal.
Correct.
Anonymous1. Within a week, the situation has returned to normal.
Tricky. If the week is the most recent week before the time you say this, it's OK. Not great, but OK. Of limited usefulness.

X = the present moment; the time you say it
R = a
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Unfortunatelly I don't quite understand. Could you give more examples, please?

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