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Taka Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect
He told me that she had come back from the US six days before.
With the reference "six days before", does it still have to be the past perfect?
With the reference "six days before", does it still have to be the past perfect?
Top answer
Yes.
- Yes.
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Could you tell me why it is so even when the sequence is clear with the phrase "six days before"?
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TakaHe told me that she had come back from the US six days before.I don't see that it must absolutely be past perfect, but it is used to make it clear that her return well preceded either the telling or some other event in context. The sentence does have a whiff of ambiguity: does 'before' apply to the return or to the telling?
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