Past Perfect Inclusive
How can Past Perfect be explained in the sentence: "She had complained since May." or : ".He hadn't written a line since that day."
The only explanation I can suggest is putting imaginary 'I got to know that..." at the very beginning of the sentence. Otherwise I can explain it in no way or I can just put Present Perfect instead of Past Perfect.
Am I right?
Top answer
It's just like any other use of the past perfect: it's looking back further into the past, relative to some past reference point. " then you are providing such a reference point (the time of "I got to know"). However, this is just one of indefinitely many contexts that would explain the use of the past perfect.
- It's just like any other use of the past perfect: it's looking back further into the past, relative to some past reference point.
- " then you are providing such a reference point (the time of "I got to know").
- However, this is just one of indefinitely many contexts that would explain the use of the past perfect.
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It's just like any other use of the past perfect: it's looking back further into the past, relative to some past reference point. If you add "I got to know that ..." then you are providing such a reference point (the time of "I got to know"). However, this is just one of indefinitely many contexts that would explain the use of the past perfect. For example: "It was a year since his wife had di
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