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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect continuous tense
Hi. Is the past perfect continuous tense used correctly in the example sentence below? Thank you in advance for your help.
He bought a bunch of books, and within a few weeks he had finished reading them and was planning to buy some more.
He bought a bunch of books, and within a few weeks he had finished reading them and was planning to buy some more.
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Your sentence is correct, but there is no past perfect continuous form there. Past perfect continuous forms are: he had been finishing, he had been reading, he had been planning.
- Your sentence is correct, but there is no past perfect continuous form there.
- Past perfect continuous forms are: he had been finishing, he had been reading, he had been planning.
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Your sentence is correct, but there is no past perfect continuous form there.
Past perfect continuous forms are: he had been finishing, he had been reading, he had been planning.
Past perfect continuous forms are: he had been finishing, he had been reading, he had been planning.
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He bought (simple past) a bunch of books, and within a few weeks he had finished (past perfect) reading them (gerund phrase, object of had finished )and was planning (past continuous) to buy some more (infinitive phrase, object of was planning) .
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