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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Past Tenses
This question was caused by an exercise in John Eastwood's book 'Oxford Practice Grammar Intermediate' (OUP, 2006)
Which of the following sentences is/are wrong? What is the meaning of each? What is the dfference between them?
1. I didn’t want to go until taking a photo.
2. I didn’t want to go until I had taken a photo.
3. I didn’t want to go until having taken a photo.
Which of the following sentences is/are wrong? What is the meaning of each? What is the dfference between them?
1. I didn’t want to go until taking a photo.
2. I didn’t want to go until I had taken a photo.
3. I didn’t want to go until having taken a photo.
Top answer
1. -- Odd and little or not at all used. 'I didn't want to go before taking a photo.
- 1.
- -- Odd and little or not at all used.
- 'I didn't want to go before taking a photo.
- ' 2.
- I didn't want to go until I had taken a photo.
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1. I didn't want to go until taking a photo.-- Odd and little or not at all used. 'I didn't want to go before taking a photo.'
2. I didn't want to go until I had taken a photo.
3. I didn't want to go until having taken a photo.-- Odd and little or not at all used. 'I didn't want to go before taking a photo.'
They are simply different ways of
2. I didn't want to go until I had taken a photo.
3. I didn't want to go until having taken a photo.-- Odd and little or not at all used. 'I didn't want to go before taking a photo.'
They are simply different ways of
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