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Markstevens Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Past tense or Perfect past tense
Hi everybody.
I have a paragraph like below:
Mr XXX ..... for my company for three year, from the June of 20 -- until he left to continue his university studies two years ago. Mr XXX was a great person, always fullfilled his responsibilities in a careful manner.
A. worked
B. had worked
Author's answer is A but I think B is also true. Because Mr XXX was no longer work at the company before he continued his study.
Could you explain more if I wrong? thanks for reading.
I have a paragraph like below:
Mr XXX ..... for my company for three year, from the June of 20 -- until he left to continue his university studies two years ago. Mr XXX was a great person, always fullfilled his responsibilities in a careful manner.
A. worked
B. had worked
Author's answer is A but I think B is also true. Because Mr XXX was no longer work at the company before he continued his study.
Could you explain more if I wrong? thanks for reading.
Top answer
markstevens Past tense or Perfect past tense past perfect tense Note the name of that tense. markstevens Author's answer is A but I think B is also true. correct.
- markstevens Past tense or Perfect past tense past perfect tense Note the name of that tense.
- markstevens Author's answer is A but I think B is also true.
- correct.
- B is also understandable, but there is no reason to use the past perfect here because all the events are mentioned in the order in which they occurred.
- The word "until" makes the order of events clear.
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markstevens Past tense orNote the name of that tense.Perfect past tensepast perfect tense
markstevensAuthor's answer is A but I think B is alsoB is also understandable, but there is no reason to use the past perfetrue.correct.
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