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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

past perfect/present perfect

0 Hello, I want to confirm that I am using the correct grammar. Take the following sentences:02br
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00She is shaking as she has never been here before.02br
00 She is shaking as she had never been here before.02br
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00Nobody has ever said that to me before.02br
00 Nobody had ever said that to me before.02br
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00I believe that in the above sentences the second sentence for each pair is correct because the past perfect form is necessary. Since the past perfect is used when two past events occur, one before the other, it applies to these sentences because, even though not explicitly stated, it is implied that two past events occur. As in "She is shaking as she has never been here before 01i00she arrived two minutes ago02i00" and "Nobody had ever said that to me before 01i00you just did02i00." 02br
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00I just want to confirm that I am correct in my view.02br
00 Thank you. 02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I want to confirm that I am using the correct grammar. 02br 02font 02br 02br 01font 00I believe that in the above sentences the second sentence for each pair is correct because the past perfect form is necessary. Since the past perfect is used when two past events occur, one before the other, it applies to these sentences because, even though not explicitly stated, it is implied that two past events occur.

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I want to confirm that I am using the correct grammar.
  • 02br 02font 02br 02br 01font 00I believe that in the above sentences the second sentence for each pair is correct because the past perfect form is necessary.
  • Since the past perfect is used when two past events occur, one before the other, it applies to these sentences because, even though not explicitly stated, it is implied that two past events occur.
  • 00 I think you are trying too hard to be very, very logical.
  • You can't always apply that approach to the way that we use grammar and language.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I want to confirm that I am using the correct grammar. Take the following sentences:02br
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01font00She is shaking as she has never been here before.02br
00She is shaking as she had never bee
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0 you havent given a reason why it's present perfect. What do you mean by "much more normal"0-
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0Hi again,02br
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01font00you havent given a reason why it's present perfect. B02font00ecause in your two examples, you are really talking about 'the past until01i00 now'02i00. You are just splitting hairs over what we mean by 'now'. 02br
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01font00What do you me
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