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Necrophagist Posted 8 years ago
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Past simple or perfect
1) A couple of hours ago, I was going through all the articles they had published over the last 2 years.
Did I use the correct tense here? Have published is impossible?
2) In 1912, the Titanic sunk. It was made in 1908.
What about in this example? Do I need to use the past perfect because 1908 was before 1912? Or did I make the sequence of events clear by using "1908"?
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Necrophagist 1) A couple of hours ago, I was going through all the articles they had published over the last 2 years. Did I use the correct tense here? Have published is impossible?
- Necrophagist 1) A couple of hours ago, I was going through all the articles they had published over the last 2 years.
- Did I use the correct tense here?
- Have published is impossible?
- Assuming you mean the last two years ending now, you should use present perfect.
- Necrophagist 2) In 1912, the Titanic sank .
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Necrophagist1) A couple of hours ago, I was going through all the articles they had published over the last 2 years.
Did I use the correct tense here? Have published is impossible?
Assuming you mean the last two years ending now, you should use present perfect.
Necrophagist2) In 1912, the Titanic sank. It was built
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