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Goronsky Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Had—simple past
Yesterday he had gone to the supermarket.
(Does the sentence above mean 'Yesterday he had 'already' gone to the store before doing some other activity'?)
Yesterday he went to the store.
(This sentence means that yesterday he went to store. Period.)
Correct on both counts?
(Does the sentence above mean 'Yesterday he had 'already' gone to the store before doing some other activity'?)
Yesterday he went to the store.
(This sentence means that yesterday he went to store. Period.)
Correct on both counts?
Top answer
Both of them are correct depending on the situation. In the first one, as you said, the "before-after" relationship between events is emphasised. In the second one, there's no such thing.
- Both of them are correct depending on the situation.
- In the first one, as you said, the "before-after" relationship between events is emphasised.
- In the second one, there's no such thing.
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Both of them are correct depending on the situation. In the first one, as you said, the "before-after" relationship between events is emphasised. In the second one, there's no such thing.
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goronskyYesterday he had gone to the supermarket.(Does the sentence above mean 'Yesterday he had 'already' gone to the store before doing some other activity'?)Yes. That's why it's a rather pathological example standing on its own.
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