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TeacherJapan Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect or Simple past?
It was such a difficult book that it was not until I (had) read it many times that I understood it.
If you were the writer, would you use “read” or “had read” in this case?
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teacherJapan If you were the writer, would you use “read” or “had read” in this case? I would probably use just "read" in speaking or in writing an email to a friend. I would probably use "had read" in writing something more formal, as in an academic essay.
- teacherJapan If you were the writer, would you use “read” or “had read” in this case?
- I would probably use just "read" in speaking or in writing an email to a friend.
- I would probably use "had read" in writing something more formal, as in an academic essay.
- CJ
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teacherJapanIf you were the writer, would you use “read” or “had read” in this case?
I would probably use just "read" in speaking or in writing an email to a friend. I would probably use "had read" in writing something more formal, as in an academic essay.
CJ
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