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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect?

We just had the turkey that X saved/had saved for us.
  

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You don’t need had . Please ask a question next time. For example: Should I use the simple past or the past perfect?

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  • You don’t need had .
  • Please ask a question next time.
  • For example: Should I use the simple past or the past perfect?
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You don’t need had.

Please ask a question next time. For example:

Should I use the simple past or the past perfect?
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Thank you but could you please explain.
I believe simple past is for something that happened in the past and past perfect for referring to something that happened before a point in the past. So we had the turkey in the past but X saving the turkey happened before it. So why not past perfect?
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When the sequence of events is clear, the past perfect is often not obligatory.
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