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Diamondrg Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect vs past simple

[1] It had rained cats and dogs last week.
[2] It had rained cats and dogs yesterday.
[3] It had been raining cats and dogs for three hours last week.
[4] It had been raining cats and dogs for three hours yesterday.
[5] It has been raining for three hours in the last week.
(6) It was raining for three hours yesterday.

Are all grammatically correct in due context?
  

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I would use tha past tense (rained) in all your sentences. Last week, not in the last week. CB

  • I would use tha past tense (rained) in all your sentences.
  • Last week, not in the last week.
  • CB
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I would use tha past tense (rained) in all your sentences. Last week, not in the last week.

CB
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What about the sentence below found in books.google.com?

She had been out of the office for three days last week, and she had a lot of unfinished business to attend to this morning.

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