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Kumiko Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

past participle?

1. I had drunk beer when I was 15.
2. I had drunk beer before I was 15.

Is this sentece acceptable to indicate that I had already had the experience of having beer when I was 15?
  

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Hi Kumiko, Welcome to English Forums! With the past perfect, we really need two points in time. The event with the past perfect is older than the other.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Hi Kumiko, Welcome to English Forums!
  • With the past perfect, we really need two points in time.
  • The event with the past perfect is older than the other.
  • , "When" is not quite right because it means only one point in time.
  • So sentence 1 is not natural.
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Hi Kumiko,
Welcome to English Forums!

With the past perfect, we really need two points in time. The event with the past perfect is older than the other. ,
"When" is not quite right because it means only one point in time. So sentence 1 is not natural.

1. I had drunk beer when I was 15.
2. I had drunk beer before I was 15.
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Hi AlpheccaStars,

I got it!
(Ya, I meant past perfect.)
Thanks for your explanation.
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