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Necrophagist Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect or past simple
Julianne received a call from her lifelong friend Michael. In college, the two had made an agreement that if neither of them was/had been married by the time they turned/had turned 28, they would marry each other.
Can both the past simple and perfect work here? I'm leaning towards past simple.
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Necrophagist Can both the past simple and perfect work here? Yes. Necrophagist I'm leaning towards past simple.
- Necrophagist Can both the past simple and perfect work here?
- Yes.
- Necrophagist I'm leaning towards past simple.
- Me too.
- Once the past perfect sets the time frame ( had made an agreement ), the repeated use of same tense gets annoying.
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NecrophagistCan both the past simple and perfect work here?
Yes.
NecrophagistI'm leaning towards past simple.
Me too. Once the past perfect sets the time frame (had made an agreement), the repeated use of same tense gets annoying.
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Necrophagistif neither of them was/had been married by the time they turned/had turned 28, they would marry each other.
Is this the conditional type-2 given in the context of future in the past?
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