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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect simple

Hello.

I've read on my school's english book that I can **only ** use past perfect simple along with past perfect in one sentence.

For example : "she told him everything he had told her"


But I've also come across the next sentence:

I wish I had never known. As you can see I don't have past perfect in this sentence.


So, id like to know what are the particular rules that apply to this tense?

Thank you

  

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anonymous I've read on my school's english book that I can **only ** use past perfect simple along with past perfect in one sentence. " The two tenses in that sentence are simple past and past perfect. anonymous I wish I had never known him .

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  • anonymous I've read on my school's english book that I can **only ** use past perfect simple along with past perfect in one sentence.
  • " The two tenses in that sentence are simple past and past perfect.
  • anonymous I wish I had never known him .
  • There are two tenses.
  • Wish = simple present had known = past perfect.
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anonymousI've read on my school's english book that I can **only ** use past perfect simple along with past perfect in one sentence.
For example : "she told him everything he had told her"

"She told (simple past) him everything he had told (past perfect) her."

The two tenses in that sentence are simple past and past pe

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Sorry, I meant that in the sentence "I wish I had never known him" there isn't a use of *past simple*
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anonymousI've read in my school's English book that I can **only ** use past perfect simple along with past perfect in one sentence.

I think you meant 'past simple', but in any case this advice sounds like nonsense. I suspect, however, that you are misstating o

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