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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect

Is this correct: As I said, they had died in a car accident ...........
  

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As it stands, there is no call for past perfect. It should read: As I said, they died in a car accident. You will need additional appropriate context in order to use past perfect there.

  • As it stands, there is no call for past perfect.
  • It should read: As I said, they died in a car accident.
  • You will need additional appropriate context in order to use past perfect there.
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As it stands, there is no call for past perfect. It should read:

As I said, they died in a car accident.

You will need additional appropriate context in order to use past perfect there.

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