Past perfect or past simple
The following is from The Great Gatsby.
His gorgeous pink rag of a suit made a bright spot of color against the white steps and I thought of the night when I first came to his ancestral home three months before.
Would it be correct to say "I thought of the night when I HAD first come to his ancestral home three months before"?
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Necrophagist Would it be correct to say "I thought of the night when I HAD first come to his ancestral home three months before"? Yes, it would. CJ
- Necrophagist Would it be correct to say "I thought of the night when I HAD first come to his ancestral home three months before"?
- Yes, it would.
- CJ
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NecrophagistWould it be correct to say "I thought of the night when I HAD first come to his ancestral home three months before"?
Yes, it would.
CJ
0NecrophagistWould it be correct to say "I thought of the night when I HAD first come to his ancestral home three months before"?
F. Scott Fitzgerald is better than anybody in here. Relax and read him and learn English. His choices are always the best. Try to understand why he put it that way and not your way. I agree with his way, incidentally. There is no
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