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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect tense

plz comment on the 'gross' overuse (misuse) of the past perfect tense instead to the simple, direct and meaningful past tense. prominent offenders include BBC and New York Times.
  

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Hi, Can you provide two or three examples of this gross misuse, please? Clive

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  • Hi, Can you provide two or three examples of this gross misuse, please?
  • Clive
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Hi,

Can you provide two or three examples of this gross misuse, please?

Clive
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read any front page article in NYT -- lots of "had hads" and similar constructions. is not the simple past tense more elegant and meaningful than the complex (and misused) past perfect?
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Please provide the link to the front page article with the "had had"s.

CJ
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