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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
past perfect
hello dear teachers
I found this sentence, and I dont understand the use of past perfect
If someone was trying to put the frighteners on us, they had succeed. We were scared.
FIRS EVENT IS PUT THE FRIGHTENERs
SECOND EVENT SUCCEED
THIRD EVENT SCARED
So in the sentenceif if you use past perfect the order is
first event succeed
second event to put the frighteners
third event scared
help me
I found this sentence, and I dont understand the use of past perfect
If someone was trying to put the frighteners on us, they had succeed. We were scared.
FIRS EVENT IS PUT THE FRIGHTENERs
SECOND EVENT SUCCEED
THIRD EVENT SCARED
So in the sentenceif if you use past perfect the order is
first event succeed
second event to put the frighteners
third event scared
help me
Top answer
"Put the frighteners on us" seems to be a British English expression, meaning to frighten or terrify. eg. They're trying to put the frighteners on us, but we're going to come back stronger than ever.
- "Put the frighteners on us" seems to be a British English expression, meaning to frighten or terrify.
- eg.
- They're trying to put the frighteners on us, but we're going to come back stronger than ever.
- We need to start planning the next battle.
- They re trying to put the frighteners on us, trying to bully us until we accede to their demands.
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"Put the frighteners on us" seems to be a British English expression, meaning to frighten or terrify. eg.
They're trying to put the frighteners on us, but we're going to come back stronger than ever. We need to start planning the next battle.
They re trying to put the frighteners on us, trying to bully us until we accede to their demands. Well we won't be bullied, we won't give in.
They're trying to put the frighteners on us, but we're going to come back stronger than ever. We need to start planning the next battle.
They re trying to put the frighteners on us, trying to bully us until we accede to their demands. Well we won't be bullied, we won't give in.
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thank you
I agree with you first event scare tactic ,second success , third scared
So would it be possible to write
If they had put the frighteners on us, they had succeeded. We were scared.
In this case does it mean that the scare tactic was over ?and it was not we were scared but they still were trying to terrify us, that is why we have past continous
Am I right?
I agree with you first event scare tactic ,second success , third scared
So would it be possible to write
If they had put the frighteners on us, they had succeeded. We were scared.
In this case does it mean that the scare tactic was over ?and it was not we were scared but they still were trying to terrify us, that is why we have past continous
Am I right?
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I think you might be confusing the third conditional, which is an unreal situation in the past:
If they had (tried to) put the frighteners on us, they would have succeeded. (The didn't and we were not scared.)
In this next version, someone, but we don't know who, put the frighteners on them, and were successful at scaring them. We
If they had (tried to) put the frighteners on us, they would have succeeded. (The didn't and we were not scared.)
In this next version, someone, but we don't know who, put the frighteners on them, and were successful at scaring them. We
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