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Glathberif Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Narrative: Since [Past perfect] + ?

Hello,

I'm having a problem with a sentence :

"Since he had gotten out of his director's office an hour before, he had been quite irritated."

What I'm trying to say in this sentence is that he, an hour before, was in his director's office and that, since then, he's quite irritated. But I'm not sure about the tenses of the second clause.

Is this sentence right or wrong? Could it be more clear?

Thanks!
  

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Hi You may say "He has been quite irritated, since he got out of the director's office an hour before"

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Hi

You may say

"He has been quite irritated, since he got out of the director's office an hour before"
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Hi,

I'm having a problem with a sentence :

"Since he had gotten out of his director's office an hour before, he had been quite irritated."

What I'm trying to say in this sentence is that he, an hour before, was in his director's office and that, since then, he's quite irritated. But I'm not sure about the tenses of the se
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The problem is that it is a story written in the past tense and I'm not sure about using the present perfect tense. Am I wrong?
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Hi,
For example -

He arrived home at 6pm.
Since getting out of / he got out of his director's office an hour before, he had been quite irritated.
But as soon as he got ho
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