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Sharan Yadav R Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

past continuous or past perfect tense

I was reading book and i found this doubt.
"""Then he thought he detected something. The coast was lined by a thick row of tall bushes, maybe three or four metres high. From the distances of the anchored ship, it seemed like these bushes had reddish-orange fruit hanging in abundance. """""

In the first line, i think it should have been " the coast had been lined by a thick row of tall bushes. Because if we say "the coast was lined by a thick row of tall bushes" I understand it as, at the moment someone lined thick row of tall bushes along the coast. Am I right?? please clarify.. thanks in advance
  

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Sharan Yadav R In the first line, i think it should have been " the coast had been lined by a thick row of tall bushes. Because if we say "the coast was lined by a thick row of tall bushes" I understand it as, at the moment someone lined thick row of tall bushes along the coast. Am I right??

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  • Sharan Yadav R In the first line, i think it should have been " the coast had been lined by a thick row of tall bushes.
  • Because if we say "the coast was lined by a thick row of tall bushes" I understand it as, at the moment someone lined thick row of tall bushes along the coast.
  • Am I right??
  • please clarify..
  • thanks in advance No.
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Sharan Yadav RIn the first line, i think it should have been " the coast had been lined by a thick row of tall bushes. Because if we say "the coast was lined by a thick row of tall bushes" I understand it as, at the moment someone lined thick row of tall bushes along the coast. Am I right?? please clarify.. thanks in advance
No. The past perfect would mean tha
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Thanks for your reply. I have understood the above concept. But I have got another doubt. If we use had cut down means the bushes had been cut down already. How can we say if the person just start cutting the bushes sometime ago in the past.
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Sharan Yadav RHow can we say if the person just start cutting the bushes sometime ago in the past.
Then he thought he detected something. Someone had started to cut down the bushes which lined the shore. So some dead branches were lying beside the shore, but a few bushes still grew by the shore.
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Is it wrong if we say, Someone cut down the bushes which lined the shore.
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Sharan Yadav RIn the first line, I think it should have been " the coast had been lined by a thick row of tall bushes. ...
I believe you are misinterpreting "lined", and how it works.

The coast was lined by a thick row of tall bushes means that the coast had a thick row of tall bushes in a li
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