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Grammar
Past Perfect vs Past Simple
What is the meaning of these sentences?
1. The bus came as soon as I got to the bus stop.
2. The bus had come as soon as I got to the bus stop.
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1. The bus came as soon as I got to the bus stop. Sounds like I and the bus arrived pretty well simultaneously.
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- The bus came as soon as I got to the bus stop.
- Sounds like I and the bus arrived pretty well simultaneously.
- This would be said later, in a context where you are simply telling someone what happened.
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1. The bus came as soon as I got to the bus stop. Sounds like I and the bus arrived pretty well simultaneously.
This would be said later, in a context where you are simply telling someone what happened.
2. The bus had come as soon as I got to the bus stop. This requires a more complicated context. The Past Perfect sounds like you are going to go on to tell us abo
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