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Necrophagist Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect or simple

The exam wasn't as they had said it would be. (Now elaborating) They said/had said it wouldn't be that hard.

Should I use the past perfect in my second sentence because I used it at the beginning?

  

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Necrophagist Should I use the past perfect in my second sentence because I used it at the beginning? No, and there is no call for it in your first sentence, either. The exam wasn't as bad as they said it would be.

— Mister Micawber

  • Necrophagist Should I use the past perfect in my second sentence because I used it at the beginning?
  • No, and there is no call for it in your first sentence, either.
  • The exam wasn't as bad as they said it would be.
  • They said it wouldn't be that hard.
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NecrophagistShould I use the past perfect in my second sentence because I used it at the beginning?

No, and there is no call for it in your first sentence, either.

The exam wasn't as bad as they said it would be. They said it wouldn't be that

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