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Mercyful_fate Posted 15 years ago
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Is there any difference between these sentences

I realized that she had stretched the truth when she started to mumble/mumbling.
I realized that she stretched the truth when she had started to mumble/mumbling.
I had realized that she stretched the truth when she started to mumble/mumbling.

Did I realize first, did she stretch the truth first, or did she mumble first?
  

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Hi, I realized that she had stretched the truth when she started to mumble/mumbling. first stretched, second started to mumble, third realized I realized that she stretched the truth when she had started to mumble/mumbling. ' had started' does not really make sense here.

— Clive

  • Hi, I realized that she had stretched the truth when she started to mumble/mumbling.
  • first stretched, second started to mumble, third realized I realized that she stretched the truth when she had started to mumble/mumbling.
  • ' had started' does not really make sense here.
  • Not an appropriate tense.
  • Not clear what action it precedes.
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Hi,
I realized that she had stretched the truth when she started to mumble/mumbling.
first stretched, second started to mumble, third realized

I realized that she stretched the truth when she had started to mumble/mumbling.
'had started' does not really make se
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