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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect & present perfect

Is the sentence below grammatically correct and does it sound right?

I'd travelled by many a means of transport (tram, bus, plane, car) but it's the first time I've taken a ferry.
  

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Anonymous I'd travelled by many a means of transport (tram, bus, plane, car) but it's the first time I've taken a ferry. I have trouble with the mixed tenses here. Without some complicated prior context, it would be better to say " I've travelled.

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  • Anonymous I'd travelled by many a means of transport (tram, bus, plane, car) but it's the first time I've taken a ferry.
  • I have trouble with the mixed tenses here.
  • Without some complicated prior context, it would be better to say " I've travelled.
  • .
  • but it's the first time I've taken.
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AnonymousI'd travelled by many a means of transport (tram, bus, plane, car) but it's the first time I've taken a ferry.
I have trouble with the mixed tenses here. Without some complicated prior context, it would be better to say "I've travelled. . . . but it's the first time I've taken. . . . "
OR "I'd travelled. . . . but it
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What about the sentences below? Do they
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