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Past + Past Prfect
Please don't correct the sentence structure. I know it's wrong but just wanted to know whether past tense and past perfect could be used together.
And what does the clause "Australia was what had been known as the antipodes, " means in this very structure
In the minds of many people living in England, Australia was what had been known as the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world.
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And what does the clause "Australia was what had been known as the antipodes, " means in this very structure
In the minds of many people living in England, Australia was what had been known as the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world.
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Yes. Somthing changed - It's no longer known that way. But this was before that change.
- Yes.
- Somthing changed - It's no longer known that way.
- But this was before that change.
- I sat at the bar of what had been a fashionable hotel, the faded grandeur obvious in the art deco styling.
- In Quebec, I ate what had been the best meal I had ever had, until last year when I ate at The Inn at Little Washington and had an even better one.
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Yes.
Somthing changed - It's no longer known that way. But this was before that change.
I sat at the bar of what had been a fashionable hotel, the faded grandeur obvious in the art deco styling.
In Quebec, I ate what had been the best meal I had ever had, until last year when I ate at The Inn at Little Washington and had an even better one.
Somthing changed - It's no longer known that way. But this was before that change.
I sat at the bar of what had been a fashionable hotel, the faded grandeur obvious in the art deco styling.
In Quebec, I ate what had been the best meal I had ever had, until last year when I ate at The Inn at Little Washington and had an even better one.
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