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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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I had met her for 2 years and I got married last year.
A : I had met her for 2 years and I got married last year.
Can I rewrite it as "I met her for 2 years and I got married last year." for the same meaning?
A : I had lived in the USA for 2 years and moved to England 2 years ago.
Can I rewrite it as "I lived in the USA for 2 years and moved to England 2 years ago." for the same meaning?
I think that we could replace the past perfect tenses with the past tenses sometimes. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as always and have a good and safe day.
Can I rewrite it as "I met her for 2 years and I got married last year." for the same meaning?
A : I had lived in the USA for 2 years and moved to England 2 years ago.
Can I rewrite it as "I lived in the USA for 2 years and moved to England 2 years ago." for the same meaning?
I think that we could replace the past perfect tenses with the past tenses sometimes. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as always and have a good and safe day.
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" for the same meaning? Neither of those is natural. Try: I had known her for two years when we got married.
- " for the same meaning?
- Neither of those is natural.
- Try: I had known her for two years when we got married.
- I (had) met her two years before we got married.
- " for the same meaning?
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AnonymousA : I had met her for 2 years and I got married last year.Can I rewrite it as "I met her for 2 years and I got married last year." for the same meaning?Neither of those is natural. Try:
I had known her for two years when we got married.
I (had) met her two years before we got married.
AnonymousA : I
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Great!! And thank you so much.
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I met her for two years before we got married.
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I had known her for two years when we got married.
=(?)
I knew her for two years when we got married.
I had met her for two years before we got married.
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I met her for two years before we got married.
So I understood that in the first example, had kn
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AnonymousI had known her for two years when we got married. =(?)I knew her for two years when we got married.I had known her for two years when we got married. =I knew her for two years
AnonymousI had met her for two years before we got married.=I met her for two years before we got
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