Past perfect tense
Hi guys,
I was reading a newspaper and came across the following sentence, and to clear my further understanding regarding past perfect tense, I inserted the word "had" in the sentence to indicate that the action of raid was performed/occurred before the action of arrest, Will this sentence still be correct with the word "had"? The original sentence is without the word "had".
"Malaysian inspector-general of police Mohamad Fuzi Harun said four Malaysians and three Indonesians were detained after police had raided the fishing boat"
Thanks
Top answer
Yes, Past Perfect is OK here. But in cases like this , we commonly just use Simple Past because the word 'after' makes the sequence of events clear
- Yes, Past Perfect is OK here.
- But in cases like this , we commonly just use Simple Past because the word 'after' makes the sequence of events clear
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Yes, Past Perfect is OK here.
But in cases like this , we commonly just use Simple Past because the word 'after' makes the sequence of events clear
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