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Vladv Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect and past simple
Please tell the grammatical difference between the two sentences - " my generation caught the country when it had become a game of acting and deceit " and "my generation caught the country when it became a game of acting and deceit ".
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The past perfect demonstrates the relationship between two past tense events. The action expressed in the past perfect preceded (and often was interrupted by) the verb that came afterwards. " To me, this suggests that the country had already become a game of acting and deceit.
- The past perfect demonstrates the relationship between two past tense events.
- The action expressed in the past perfect preceded (and often was interrupted by) the verb that came afterwards.
- " To me, this suggests that the country had already become a game of acting and deceit.
- That transition already occurred , and your generation caught up sometime afterwards .
- ) Ben
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The past perfect demonstrates the relationship between two past tense events. The action expressed in the past perfect preceded (and often was interrupted by) the verb that came afterwards.
Here is a visual from http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html:
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