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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
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Scenario: I have just put my helmet on and someone calls me.
For that scenario, which one of these do I use? I don't understand which one I can use and the difference between them.
1. Nice timing! I have just put my helmet on before you called.
2. Nice timing! I had just put my helmet on before you called. (Can I use 'just' with past perfect?)
3. Nice timing! I just put my helmet on before you called.
Thanks.
For that scenario, which one of these do I use? I don't understand which one I can use and the difference between them.
1. Nice timing! I have just put my helmet on before you called.
2. Nice timing! I had just put my helmet on before you called. (Can I use 'just' with past perfect?)
3. Nice timing! I just put my helmet on before you called.
Thanks.
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Well, 2 and 3 sound legit. However, native speakers use bad grammar without knowing it if it is used a lot. Maybe we need to move "just" in 2 before "before", LOL "Nice timing!
- Well, 2 and 3 sound legit.
- However, native speakers use bad grammar without knowing it if it is used a lot.
- Maybe we need to move "just" in 2 before "before", LOL "Nice timing!
- " Number 3 I think is more often used by Americans.
- If you keep just before "put", it implies you were going to put more things on and were interrupted by the phone call.
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Well, 2 and 3 sound legit. However, native speakers use bad grammar without knowing it if it is used a lot.
Maybe we need to move "just" in 2 before "before", LOL
"Nice timing! I had put my helmet on just before you called."
Number 3 I think is more often used by Americans.
If you keep just before "put", it implies you were going to put more things on and
Maybe we need to move "just" in 2 before "before", LOL
"Nice timing! I had put my helmet on just before you called."
Number 3 I think is more often used by Americans.
If you keep just before "put", it implies you were going to put more things on and
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"before you called" specifies a particular time. Present perfect cannot be used with an adverbial expression which specifies a particular time, so the first one is not correct.
The second one is fine. Yes, you can use "just" with the past perfect.
The third is fine, but should be regarded as simple past substituting for the past perfect.
Note also: If you had j
The second one is fine. Yes, you can use "just" with the past perfect.
The third is fine, but should be regarded as simple past substituting for the past perfect.
Note also: If you had j
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