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last time I was/had been...
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1. The last time I had been to Chicago was four years ago.
2. The last time I have been to Chicago was four years ago.
3. The last time I was in Chicago was four years ago.
I know that the first one is correct, though I'm not completely sure why. Why the past perfect tense is OK? I suppose that it's similar to:It's the first time I have been... It was the first time I had been (one tense backwards). Am I right?
No. 2 I suppose is incorrect because "ago" and the present perfect tense do not go hand in hand.
No. 3 I would say it's alright. What do you think?
1. The last time I had been to Chicago was four years ago.
2. The last time I have been to Chicago was four years ago.
3. The last time I was in Chicago was four years ago.
I know that the first one is correct, though I'm not completely sure why. Why the past perfect tense is OK? I suppose that it's similar to:It's the first time I have been... It was the first time I had been (one tense backwards). Am I right?
No. 2 I suppose is incorrect because "ago" and the present perfect tense do not go hand in hand.
No. 3 I would say it's alright. What do you think?
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1. The last time I had been to Chicago had been four years ago. [but was is accepted by some He's looking from a past point of reference to a more distant situation .
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- The last time I had been to Chicago had been four years ago.
- [but was is accepted by some He's looking from a past point of reference to a more distant situation .
- Now you have to think about it, I won't tell you more.
- id=DqTN8bMG2fwC&pg=PA265&dq=%22The+last+time+I+had+been+to%22&lr=&sig=wt2hdJS8Avf9wxgTTkLJfxI9lrM by Lisa Beamer, Ken Abraham, Betty Robison - - 2002 - 317 pages The last time I had been to the Newark airport had been September 10, when Todd and I had returned from Rome.
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1. The last time I had been to Chicago had been four years ago. [but was is accepted by some
He's looking from a past point of reference to a more distant situation. Now you have to think about it, I won't tell you more.
118 on "The last time I had been to"
He's looking from a past point of reference to a more distant situation. Now you have to think about it, I won't tell you more.
118 on "The last time I had been to"
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