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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect
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When he arrived to attend the wedding of his brother,he had dressed in dark suit.
Here,two actions are performed so why had dressed is wrong
When he arrived to attend the wedding of his brother,he had dressed in dark suit.
Here,two actions are performed so why had dressed is wrong
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Though there are no doubt exceptions, I think typically we tend not to use the past perfect in the second part of the "When X, Y" pattern. This is because "When X" is usually introducing the idea of something happening or existing at that moment, not something that happened previously. So, in your sentence we would say "...
- Though there are no doubt exceptions, I think typically we tend not to use the past perfect in the second part of the "When X, Y" pattern.
- This is because "When X" is usually introducing the idea of something happening or existing at that moment, not something that happened previously.
- So, in your sentence we would say "...
- he was dressed in a dark suit", because "dressed" describes his state at that moment.
- Your use of spaces around punctuation is incorrect.
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Though there are no doubt exceptions, I think typically we tend not to use the past perfect in the second part of the "When X, Y" pattern. This is because "When X" is usually introducing the idea of something happening or existing at that moment, not something that happened previously. So, in your sentence we would say "... he was dressed in a dark suit", because "dressed" describes his sta
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