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In this sentence from one of his answering posts by Ant_222, Is a past perfect use a must after a phrase like "In the previous four years? Can we use a past tense. What other similar phrases can you think of that will make both tense uses possible? Is 'had had' here a past perfect tense?
"In 1988 I finally got me a 486 computer. In the previous four years I had had a Spectrum, 286 and 386."
In this sentence from one of his answering posts by Ant_222, Is a past perfect use a must after a phrase like "In the previous four years? Can we use a past tense. What other similar phrases can you think of that will make both tense uses possible? Is 'had had' here a past perfect tense?
"In 1988 I finally got me a 486 computer. In the previous four years I had had a Spectrum, 286 and 386."
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Hi, In this sentence from one of his answering posts by Ant_222, Is a past perfect use a must after a phrase like "In the previous four years? Can we use a past tense. No, PP is not a must.
- Hi, In this sentence from one of his answering posts by Ant_222, Is a past perfect use a must after a phrase like "In the previous four years?
- Can we use a past tense.
- No, PP is not a must.
- However, it emphasizes the sequence of events.
- It also "keeps the reader or listener's mind" in 1986.
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Hi,
In this sentence from one of his answering posts by Ant_222, Is a past perfect use a must after a phrase like "In the previous four years? Can we use a past tense. No, PP is not a must. However, it emphasizes the sequence of events. It also "keeps the reader or listener's mind" in 1986.
As a stylistic note, I suggest that someone who says the slang-y 'got me (something)' will o
In this sentence from one of his answering posts by Ant_222, Is a past perfect use a must after a phrase like "In the previous four years? Can we use a past tense. No, PP is not a must. However, it emphasizes the sequence of events. It also "keeps the reader or listener's mind" in 1986.
As a stylistic note, I suggest that someone who says the slang-y 'got me (something)' will o
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