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Daithy Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

I think this is incorrect

I came across this quotation online. I believe the Past Perfect is not used correctly here.

"And after the smoke cleared, the man with the netted head had stollen the comb right from the hive" ~ Scary bedtime ...
  

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I agree that it is not quite right. ", or something like that. Spelling: stolen .

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  • I agree that it is not quite right.
  • ", or something like that.
  • Spelling: stolen .
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I agree that it is not quite right. I believe it is intended to mean "it became apparent that the man with the netted head had stolen ...", or something like that.

Spelling: stolen.
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I think it's the 'after' that's the real problem, not the past perfect. If we change that to 'when', I think the sentence is acceptable.
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That sounds very nice. It gives nice and surprising effect.
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Yeah, the spelling is also wrong.
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