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He was married before he had graduated from college.

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00A: He got married before he had graduated from college.02br
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00B: He was married before he had graduated from college.0-
  

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0Yes, A is the act of getting married and B is the state of being married.0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Are these two sentences correct?12br
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10A: He got married before he had graduated from college.12br
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10B: He was married before he had graduated from college.12br
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10It should be:02br
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00A:
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Are these two sentences correct?12br
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10A: He got married before he had graduated from college.12br
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10B: He was married before he had graduated from college.12br
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10 01b01font00I have to d
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0I was looking more at the "got married" and "was married" aspect of the sentence. I agree that there is no need for the past perfect. I guess was assuming something happened after the "had graduated" but still in the past from our reference point of today.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I was looking more at the "got married" and "was married" aspect of the sentence. I agree that there is no need for the past perfect. I guess was assuming something happened after the "had graduated" but still in the past from our reference point of today.12br
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0Hi guys,02br
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00Well, the problem is to decide what is meant by 'Is this correct?' 02br
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00eg Does it mean that the grammar is correct? That you could say this if the context was suitable? That you could say this sentence in isolation? 02br
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00The sentence in this example meets the first two conditions but not so much the t
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0He was married before he had graduated from college. or02br
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00He was married before he graduated college.0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00He was married before he had graduated from college. or02font02br
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01font00He was married before he graduated college.02font02br
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00With 'before' here to make the sequence of events clear, you don't need Past Perfect.02br
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01cite10Clive12cite10you don't need Past Perfect.12br
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10No, but it's not an error either.0-
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