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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

PAST PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE

Hello teacher

Are the sentences correct

No one spoke about pollution before Kyoto.
No one had spoken about pollution before Kyoto
We had not go to this restaurant before.

I dont understand why the first sentence is past simple and the third is past perfect both actions " not spoken" happened before Kyoto
"not going" happened before going
So why do not we use the same tense :
Is it because we can add
No one spoke about pollution before Kyoto takes place
No one had spoken about pollution before Kyoto took place
We had not gone to this restaurant before we went to it

Please give me your clever explaination
  

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No one spoke about pollution before Kyoto. No one had spoken about pollution before Kyoto We had not gone to this restaurant before . Anonymous I dont understand why the first sentence is past simple and the third is past perfect both actions " not spoken" happened before Kyoto The option is open: with 'before', past perfect is not required, but it may be used for emphasis.

— Mister Micawber

  • No one spoke about pollution before Kyoto.
  • No one had spoken about pollution before Kyoto We had not gone to this restaurant before .
  • Anonymous I dont understand why the first sentence is past simple and the third is past perfect both actions " not spoken" happened before Kyoto The option is open: with 'before', past perfect is not required, but it may be used for emphasis.
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No one spoke about pollution before Kyoto.
No one had spoken about pollution before Kyoto
We had not gone to this restaurant before.
AnonymousI dont understand why the first sentence is past simple and the third is past perfect both actions " not spoken" happened before Kyoto
The option is open: with 'before', past perfect is
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Thanks a lot
So we could write or say
we did not go to this restaurant before (as the option is open)

thanks for answering
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AnonymousSo we could write or say 'We did not go to this restaurant before' (as the option is open).
Yes, or 'have not gone' in some circumstances.
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