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Snappy Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Past Tense/Present Perfect/Past Perfect

1. The store closed when I got there.

Does this sentence mean that the store closed upon my arrival?
2. The store had closed when I got there.

Does this mean that the store closed, and I arrived there after that?

3. The store had been closed when I got there.

Does this mean the same as 2?

  

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Snappy 1. The store closed when I got there. Does this sentence mean that the store closed upon my arrival?

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  • Snappy 1.
  • The store closed when I got there.
  • Does this sentence mean that the store closed upon my arrival?
  • Yes.
  • However, for the case where your arrival exactly coincided with the closing, we would often say "The store was closing as/when I got there".
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Snappy1. The store closed when I got there.
Does this sentence mean that the store closed upon my arrival?

Yes. However, for the case where your arrival exactly coincided with the closing, we would often say "The store was closing as/when I got there".

Snappy2. The store had closed when I got there.
Does this mean that th
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