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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

persent perfect+before

Is this sentence right?
" The sectarian violence has never happened before the war"
  

Top answer

No The sectarian violence never happened before the war. or: The sectarian violence has never happened before.

— Fivejedjon

  • No The sectarian violence never happened before the war.
  • or: The sectarian violence has never happened before.
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No

The sectarian violence never happened before the war.

or: The sectarian violence has never happened before.
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If the war stopped some time ago, it should be ".... violence had never happened before the war...."
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grammarfreakIf the war stopped some time ago, it should be ".... violence had never happened before the war...."
Not necessarily.
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fivejedjongrammarfreakIf the war stopped some time ago, it should be ".... violence had never happened before the war...."Not necessarily.
With all due respect, is this my understanding that "present perfect" used in this context is correct ?
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grammarfreakIf the war stopped some time ago, it should be ".... violence had never happened before the war...."
'Some time ago' alone is not sufficient cause for past perfect, GF; the context also requires a reference to another, more recent past event, e.g. 'Violence has never happened before the war when the first pre-war riot began'.

'Some time ag
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Mister Micawber takes simple past by default
Thanks, that I can see.
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