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Vsuresh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

had won / won

Hi
Please help me with this.

He was just ruler and won the respect of all races.

How will the meaning change if we had won in place of won?
  

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'Had won' would suggest that the winning tof the respect ook place before some situation mentioned elsewhere.

  • 'Had won' would suggest that the winning tof the respect ook place before some situation mentioned elsewhere.
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'Had won' would suggest that the winning tof the respect ook place before some situation mentioned elsewhere.
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The only difference would be the time reference; had won would indicate that the respect started earlier.
Note: He was a just ruler...
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Thank you for your answers, fivejedon and Philip.

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