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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

I didn't know

I didn't know I had ordered so much food for you to bring. Or

I didn't know I ordered so much food for you to bring.

Which is correct and are both useable?

Thank you.
  

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Both are OK. The first is better, because the past perfect is showing an action completed before another time in the past. "

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Both are OK.

The first is better, because the past perfect is showing an action completed before another time in the past. The action "order food" was completed before the action "know."
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