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Olive bee Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect and past simple
Which is preferable:
Soon after they left ( or: HAD LEFT) the harbour, a severe storm began ???
Or both variants can be used depending on what you are interested in: sequence of events (past perfect) or rapid changes in description of the events (past simple) ???
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Yes, both are possible. But the Simple Past is often used when words like 'after' make the seqence of events clear.
- Yes, both are possible.
- But the Simple Past is often used when words like 'after' make the seqence of events clear.
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Yes, both are possible.
But the Simple Past is often used when words like 'after' make the seqence of events clear.
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