Past perfect/ past simple interchangeable
You're looking at an old photo where you look really confused.
You: I was in so much pain that night.
Friend: What do you mean?
You: I had/ had had way to much to drink.
I think it's obvious that I'm talking about what caused the pain I was in, so I'd use the past simple. Is the past perfect correct too? I think they're interchangeable here.
Top answer
Yes, they are. both OK. We don't commonly think that drinking too much causes a person pain .
- Yes, they are.
- both OK.
- We don't commonly think that drinking too much causes a person pain .
- We think of drinking as sometimes causing problems later, eg by giving you a headache, or giving you a hangover the next day, or making you vomit later in the evening
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Yes, they are. both OK.
We don't commonly think that drinking too much causes a person pain. We think of drinking as sometimes causing problems later, eg by giving you a headache, or giving you a hangover the next day, or making you vomit later in the evening
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