Past perfect use
Explain please what past perfect implies? That firstly widespread shortages were generated and then the army was put in charge? It could have been just "put" instead of "has put' with the same meaning of sentence? The reason I ask it is that usually past perfect gives the background and then the story is continued in past simple, not present perfect. Thanks
"Generalised price controls had generated widespread shortages and embarrassingly long queues. Instead, the government has put the army in charge of a subsidised food-distribution system, known as CLAP and modelled on Cuba’s ration book."
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I see no reason for Past Perfect here. Or for Present Perfect. It's just two simple past events.
- I see no reason for Past Perfect here.
- Or for Present Perfect.
- It's just two simple past events.
- I'd say eg "Generalised price controls generate d widespread shortages and embarrassingly long queues.
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I see no reason for Past Perfect here. Or for Present Perfect. It's just two simple past events.
I'd say eg "Generalised price controls generated widespread shortages and embarrassingly long queues. Instead, the government put the army in charge of a subsidised food-distribution system, known as CLAP and modelled on Cuba’s ration book."
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