Past perfect
Yesterday, my wife and were having dinner at a restaurant. We soon started getting thoughts of leaving because we thought the food they had given us was awful. After a while, we went back home and prepared our own dinner since the food we had eaten at the restaurant had been horrendous.
Are the bold-faced parts correct?
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Necrophagist Are the bold-faced parts correct? Yes, but in actual practice the first and last instances of the past perfect would more likely be said in the simple past, especially that last one. had given OR gave had eaten had been OR was CJ
- Necrophagist Are the bold-faced parts correct?
- Yes, but in actual practice the first and last instances of the past perfect would more likely be said in the simple past, especially that last one.
- had given OR gave had eaten had been OR was CJ
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NecrophagistAre the bold-faced parts correct?
Yes, but in actual practice the first and last instances of the past perfect would more likely be said in the simple past, especially that last one.
had given OR gave
had eaten
had been OR was
CJ
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