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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

HELP?! tenses?

i have been given these questions and am a little lost how i am supposed to answer them?

Your help would be much appreciated,

Explain the differences in meaning between

"when i arrived the film started" and " when i arrived the film had started"

Also

"it'ok, i'll speak to her later" and " it's ok, i'm going to speak to her later"
  

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Please try to use correct capitalization when you post here, Anon. This forum is not a chatroom or a text message. Anonymous "when i arrived the film started" and " when i arrived the film had started" W hen I arrived, the film started.

— Yankee

  • Please try to use correct capitalization when you post here, Anon.
  • This forum is not a chatroom or a text message.
  • Anonymous "when i arrived the film started" and " when i arrived the film had started" W hen I arrived, the film started.
  • = The film started just after I arrived (or perhaps at the same time).
  • W hen I arrived, the film had started.
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Please try to use correct capitalization when you post here, Anon. This forum is not a chatroom or a text message.
Anonymous"when i arrived the film started" and " when i arrived the film had started"
When I arrived, the film started. = The film started just after I arrived (or perhaps at the
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"when i arrived the film started"-- The arrival and the start happened at the same time.

" when i arrived the film had started"-- The start happened before the arrival.

The next two have no real difference in real English, but theoretically:

"it's ok, i'll speak to her later"-- I have decided now to speak to her later

"it's ok, i'm going to
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