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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Had said

A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur in an order had said that as an interim arrangement, the senior most vice president of the Board would act as the president and the present joint secretary would assume the work as secretary.
http://m.rediff.com/cricket/report/gavaskar-wants-ganguly-to-take-over-as-interim-bcci-president-ipl-fixing/20170104.htm
Please explain the use of "had said" vs "said" in the context.
  

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Jigneshbharati Please explain the use of "had said" vs "said" in the context. The past perfect is used to emphasize that the saying was previous to the current situation (which may be throwing some doubt on the saying or which may be contrary to what the judge said earlier).

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  • Jigneshbharati Please explain the use of "had said" vs "said" in the context.
  • The past perfect is used to emphasize that the saying was previous to the current situation (which may be throwing some doubt on the saying or which may be contrary to what the judge said earlier).
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JigneshbharatiPlease explain the use of "had said" vs "said" in the context.
The past perfect is used to emphasize that the saying was previous to the current situation (which may be throwing some doubt on the saying or which may be contrary to what the judge said earlier).
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Jigneshbharatithe use of "had said" vs "said"
Anything in the article marked "had said" was said before anything else in the article marked just "said".

Or in general, anything in an article stated in the past perfect happened before anything else mentioned in the article stated in the simple past.

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Thank you both of you!
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