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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Past Perfect Tense Vs Past Tense

I am now reading a book. I saw a sentence,

"Laurence Powell had been born in New Jersey in 1963 and learned to be self-sufficient at an early age."

My question is, why did the author use the past perfect form instead of a simple past tense?

Could someone help me?

  

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"My question is, why did the author use the past perfect form instead of a simple past tense? My opinion is that the writer was in error. There is no call for past perfect, at least in the context you have presented.

— Mister Micawber

  • "My question is, why did the author use the past perfect form instead of a simple past tense?
  • My opinion is that the writer was in error.
  • There is no call for past perfect, at least in the context you have presented.
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Selvakumar"Laurence Powell had been born in New Jersey in 1963 and learned to be self-sufficient at an early age."My question is, why did the author use the past perfect form instead of a simple past tense?

My opinion is that the writer was in error. There is no call for past perfect, at least in the context you have presented.

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