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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

past perfect and/or simple past

I think this sentence is correct, isn't it?

"They had been very rich in England but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money."

But can I also use the simple past? "They were very rich in England but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money." Or is that wrong?
  

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They had been very rich in England , but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money. Yes, it is correct. They were very rich in England , but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money.

— Paco2004

  • They had been very rich in England , but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money.
  • Yes, it is correct.
  • They were very rich in England , but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money.
  • It is also correct.
  • It would be better to put a comma before "but".
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They had been very rich in England, but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money.
Yes, it is correct.

They were very rich in England, but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money.
It is also cor
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