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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
past perfect
This is the exemple Califjim took to explain the usage of past perfect
"I remember getting caught in a rainstorm years ago. I was driving home from work when the car broke down. Though it looked like it was about to rain, I decided to walk home since it was only a mile and a half from the car. As it turned out, I only had to walk a half mile in the downpour because I had walked a mile before it began raining."
But as there is before would it be possible to use past simple and to write because I walked a mile before it began raining as I saw in this forum that when there is before , after past perfect is optional
thank you for your answer
"I remember getting caught in a rainstorm years ago. I was driving home from work when the car broke down. Though it looked like it was about to rain, I decided to walk home since it was only a mile and a half from the car. As it turned out, I only had to walk a half mile in the downpour because I had walked a mile before it began raining."
But as there is before would it be possible to use past simple and to write because I walked a mile before it began raining as I saw in this forum that when there is before , after past perfect is optional
thank you for your answer
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Anonymous: But as there is ' before ', would it be possible to use past simple and to write , " because I walked a mile before it began raining ", as I saw in this forum that when there is ' before ' no space , after past perfect is optional . Your question was very difficult to understand. Please separate the words you are talking about from the main text; see my suggestions above.
- Anonymous: But as there is ' before ', would it be possible to use past simple and to write , " because I walked a mile before it began raining ", as I saw in this forum that when there is ' before ' no space , after past perfect is optional .
- Your question was very difficult to understand.
- Please separate the words you are talking about from the main text; see my suggestions above.
- I would use the past perfect here, but the past simple is possible.
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Anonymous: But as there is 'before', would it be possible to use past simple and to write, "because I walked a mile before it began raining", as I saw in this forum that when there is 'before'no space, after past perfect is optional.
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Ok sorry for my writing
But why would you use past perfect if the past simple is possible?, Isn't it simpler to use past simple ? What do you loose in term of meaning when you use past simple in that case?
Hope this time my question is clearer than last time?
Thanks for your answer
But why would you use past perfect if the past simple is possible?, Isn't it simpler to use past simple ? What do you loose in term of meaning when you use past simple in that case?
Hope this time my question is clearer than last time?
Thanks for your answer
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Here are a couple more examples to consider, that may help you.
eg Tom came home at 6 pm yesterday His wife cooked dinner. To a native speaker, this means she cooked dinner after 6 pm.
eg Tom came home at 6 pm yesterday His wife had cooked dinner. Th
eg Tom came home at 6 pm yesterday His wife cooked dinner. To a native speaker, this means she cooked dinner after 6 pm.
eg Tom came home at 6 pm yesterday His wife had cooked dinner. Th
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ok Thank you? Clive But you did not answer to my question
I know all that ,but in my example there is "before" ,so why would fivedjon choose to use past perfect because before is equivalent to past perfect in my example ? Why in my example is it better to use past perfect for five djon , what do we lose
in term of meaning if you use past simple that is my question ?
Hope you w
I know all that ,but in my example there is "before" ,so why would fivedjon choose to use past perfect because before is equivalent to past perfect in my example ? Why in my example is it better to use past perfect for five djon , what do we lose
in term of meaning if you use past simple that is my question ?
Hope you w
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Anonymous... why would fivedjon choose to use past perfect because before is equivalent to past perfect in my example ? Why in my example is it better to use past perfect for five djon , what do we losein term of meaning if you use past simple that is my question ?Hope you will understand what I would like you to answer preciselyThere is little point in askin
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