I was reading crazy stuff about the English language and I saw this sentence:
The dog I had had had had quite a few health difficulties before I took it to the vet.
The site I got it from says it's 100% grammatical sentence.
Could you tell me what's happening here with this I really got confused.
BoSsSy The site I got it from says it's 100% grammatical sentence. It is not 100% because past perfect is not required before 'before', but it does require another past event. This is 100%: The dog I had had quite a few health difficulties before I took it to the vet.
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BoSsSyThe site I got it from says it's 100% grammatical sentence.
It is not 100% because past perfect is not required before 'before', but it does require another past event. This is 100%:
The dog I had had quite a few health difficulties before I took it to the vet.
Does that help?