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Necrophagist Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Past simple or past perfect
You're watching an old video of yourself with a friend and you do something silly.
You: Hey, don't laugh! I drank/had drunk a whole bottle of wine. (As in that's why you were acting silly)
Are both tenses correct?
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Assuming you did the silly thing after drinking the bottle of wine, it's best to say "I had / I'd drunk a whole bottle of wine". In conversation we normally use the contraction "I'd".
- Assuming you did the silly thing after drinking the bottle of wine, it's best to say "I had / I'd drunk a whole bottle of wine".
- In conversation we normally use the contraction "I'd".
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Assuming you did the silly thing after drinking the bottle of wine, it's best to say "I had / I'd drunk a whole bottle of wine". In conversation we normally use the contraction "I'd".
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