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Frostwhite Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Past Perfect Time Frame

Hi!

I'm a little confused with this dialogue. (why is the word "dialogue" has a red underline? Did I spell it incorrectly?)Emotion: sad

A. Why didn't Mr. and Mrs. Henderson see a movie last weekend?

B. They didn't want to. They had seen a movie the weekend before.

"The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past"

But where's the other action here?

Thanks! Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

frostwhite I'm a little confused with this dialogue. (why is the word "dialogue" has a red underline? ) The British spelling is "dialogue".

— Mr Wordy

  • frostwhite I'm a little confused with this dialogue.
  • (why is the word "dialogue" has a red underline?
  • ) The British spelling is "dialogue".
  • The American spelling is "dialog".
  • frostwhite But where's the other action here?
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frostwhiteI'm a little confused with this dialogue. (why is the word "dialogue" has a red underline? Did I spell it incorrectly?)
The British spelling is "dialogue". The American spelling is "dialog".
frostwhite
But where's the other action here?

If you like, the "action" is that they didn't want to see a movie
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The first/more recent action is contained in question A. (...see a movie last weekend)

The prior action refers to "had seen a movie the weekend before".

the weekend before = the weekend before last weekend.


Sorry, I didn't realize MrWordy had already answered
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Hi!
IvanhrSorry, I didn't realize MrWordy had already answered
Nice example. Emotion: smile

Thanks M
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frostwhitewhy does the word "dialogue" have a red underline?
I realized that I had asked a question which was not grammatical.
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