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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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He waited hor two hours until I had come back.
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00 A: He waited 2 hours until I came back. 02 br
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00 B: He waited 2 hours until I had come back. 02 br
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00 If they are both correct, what's the difference? 02 br
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00 Can we say that in sentence B, the speaker feels more interseted in "his waiting for 2 hours" ? 0-
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00 A: He waited 2 hours until I came back. 02 br
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00 B: He waited 2 hours until I had come back. 02 br
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00 If they are both correct, what's the difference? 02 br
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00 Can we say that in sentence B, the speaker feels more interseted in "his waiting for 2 hours" ? 0-
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0 The past perfect is inappropriate here, because the waiting and the return happened at the same time-- or more accurately, the return (a point event) occurred during the waiting (an ongoing activity). 0-
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