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Vladv Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect
Could smb please explain the use of past perfect I have oftentimes encountered, and I think it's not a typo . The narrative is about the events past, though present simple is used to convey immediacy to the narrative. But why past perfect is used? Shouldn't it be " has specially prepared"? "Two years ago, I built a wall between myself and the war,” Karabuta says, as she hands me a printed copy of her article that she had specially prepared for my visit. “Even though the war was only 200 kilometers away from here. I tried not to think about it, I thought I was too young.” http://dailysignal.com/2017/09/20/learned-war-parents-lost-son/amp/
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Vladv Two years ago, I built a wall between myself and the war,” Karabuta says, as she hands me a printed copy of her article that she had specially prepared for my visit. Past perfect is used as an emphatic statement of a completed past event before another past event, but here, with a present tense narrative, it should properly read 'has prepared'. I think the writer confused his verb forms.
- Vladv Two years ago, I built a wall between myself and the war,” Karabuta says, as she hands me a printed copy of her article that she had specially prepared for my visit.
- Past perfect is used as an emphatic statement of a completed past event before another past event, but here, with a present tense narrative, it should properly read 'has prepared'.
- I think the writer confused his verb forms.
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VladvTwo years ago, I built a wall between myself and the war,” Karabuta says, as she hands me a printed copy of her article that she had specially prepared for my visit.
Past perfect is used as an emphatic statement of a completed past event before another past event, but here, with a present tense narrative, it should properly read 'has prepared'. I thin
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