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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Past tense of succumb

would it be "he succumbed to a bad case of measles"

or

"he had succumbed to a bad case of measles"?
  

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Hi, Both are correct grammar. But only use the Past Perfect in a context where you want to show that something happened before some later point in time. eg I tried to phone Fred last Monday, but he had succumbed to a bad case of measles.

— Clive

  • Hi, Both are correct grammar.
  • But only use the Past Perfect in a context where you want to show that something happened before some later point in time.
  • eg I tried to phone Fred last Monday, but he had succumbed to a bad case of measles.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Both are correct grammar.

But only use the Past Perfect in a context where you want to show that something happened before some later point in time.

eg I tried to phone Fred last Monday, but he had succumbed to a bad case of measles
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