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Taka Posted 12 years ago
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Past perfect

Do these have to be the past perfect? Would the simple past also work?

·Her father answered the phone and he told me that she had left the previous morning.

·During lunch, I read the newspaper that I had bought. I wanted to know about the car accident that had happened this morning when I was leaving home.
  

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Taka Do these have to be the past perfect? No. Taka Would the simple past also work?

— Avangi

  • Taka Do these have to be the past perfect?
  • No.
  • Taka Would the simple past also work?
  • Yes.
  • Hi Taka.
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TakaDo these have to be the past perfect?
No.
TakaWould the simple past also work?
Yes.

Hi Taka. Season's Greetings! - A.
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So they would all be fine even if they were the simple past. Good.

How have you been, A? Haven't seen you for a while.

Hope things have been all right with you.

Nice to see you again!
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