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Faisalkhan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect tense--Is it a right sentence?

Google convicted Facebook as it had violated its 2-5 patents.
  

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faisalkhan Google convicted Facebook as it had violated its 2-5 patents. No, it is not correct. Where did you find this sentence?

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  • faisalkhan Google convicted Facebook as it had violated its 2-5 patents.
  • No, it is not correct.
  • Where did you find this sentence?
  • I don't believe "convicted" is semantically correctly used here.
  • Maybe: Google accused Facebook of violating its (2-5) patents.
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faisalkhanGoogle convicted Facebook as it had violated its 2-5 patents.
No, it is not correct. Where did you find this sentence? I don't believe "convicted" is semantically correctly used here. Maybe: Google accused Facebook of violating its (2-5) patents. That said, when a company accuses another for patent infringement, the number of infringements should be
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