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Necrophagist Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect

I was going through my grandfather's things today, and I found a bunch of old pics that had been taken in the 20s.

Is the boldfaced part correct and can you elaborate?

  

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Necrophagist Is the boldfaced part correct and can you elaborate? It's correct. The pictures were taken before they were found.

— CalifJim

  • Necrophagist Is the boldfaced part correct and can you elaborate?
  • It's correct.
  • The pictures were taken before they were found.
  • That said, 'that were taken' is also fine.
  • The explicit time references "today" and "in the 20s" are sufficient to clarify the order of events.
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NecrophagistIs the boldfaced part correct and can you elaborate?

It's correct. The pictures were taken before they were found.

That said, 'that were taken' is also fine. The explicit time references "today" and "in the 20s" are sufficient to clarify the order of events.

Actually, even our common sense about the events of taking photos and fin

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