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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence in correct form?

The sun had rose and went down.
  

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; or past perfect: The sun had risen and gone down. It depends on what you want to say. The sun had risen and gone down before another event, for example, he started to feel himself again.

  • ; or past perfect: The sun had risen and gone down.
  • It depends on what you want to say.
  • The sun had risen and gone down before another event, for example, he started to feel himself again.
  • Hope it helps.
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Hello there,
When there is "and" between two verbs, the tense should be the same, either past tense: The sun rose ....; or past perfect: The sun had risen and gone down. It depends on what you want to say.
The sun had risen and gone down before another event, for example, he started to feel himself again.
Hope it helps.

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