Past perfect confusion
Hello, I have a problem unterstanding past perfect in this sentence:
And though he enjoyed the theatre he had not seen a play for twenty years.
This part "he had not seen" have the estructure of past perfect subject + had + past participle verb, but from the videos I've seen on youtube the explanation for past perfect is that it is used when we have 2 actions in the past and we have to especify what took place first, however I can't see this is the case, or it is?
If it is not the case then the estructure subject + had + past participle verb is not only for past perfect but then what name have this use?
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anonymous estructure structure As shown. [This is a typical mistake of a speaker (not 'espeaker') of Spanish (not 'espanish'). If that's you, then you'll have to be careful with words that begin with 'sp', 'st', and 'sc'.
- anonymous estructure structure As shown.
- [This is a typical mistake of a speaker (not 'espeaker') of Spanish (not 'espanish').
- If that's you, then you'll have to be careful with words that begin with 'sp', 'st', and 'sc'.
- ] anonymous And though he enjoyed the theatre he had not seen a play for twenty years.
- First time reference: He enjoyed the theater.
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As shown. [This is a typical mistake of a speaker (not 'espeaker') of Spanish (not 'espanish'). If that's you, then you'll have to be careful with words that begin with 'sp', 'st', and 'sc'.
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