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Creativeguru Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
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0 Police had arrested an innocent person who had to spend six days behind bars. 02 br
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00 In the above sentence if i delete 'had' after police is it ok, because i think had is being repeated twice in the sentence 0-
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00 In the above sentence if i delete 'had' after police is it ok, because i think had is being repeated twice in the sentence 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 The had is not repeated the way you think. "Had arresed" makes it past perfect. "Had to" shows obligation.
- 02 br 02 br 00 The had is not repeated the way you think.
- "Had arresed" makes it past perfect.
- "Had to" shows obligation.
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0 Note: 01 b 00 The 02 b 00 police... 02 br
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00 The had is not repeated the way you think. "Had arresed" makes it past perfect. "Had to" shows obligation. However, the past perfect isn't needed - it clear what the squence was. 0-
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00 The had is not repeated the way you think. "Had arresed" makes it past perfect. "Had to" shows obligation. However, the past perfect isn't needed - it clear what the squence was. 0-
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0 Yes, it is ok. Although, if you delete the first 'had' , I would suggest putting a 'the' in front of 'police'. 0-
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0 Just to summarize: 02 br
00 had arrested = 01 b 00 past perfect 02 b 00 form of the verb 'arrest' 02 br
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00 had to = 01 b 00 simple past 02 b 00 form of 'have to' 02 br
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00 Although it is more common to say 'the police', the word 'police' is also sometime used without the definite article ('the') -- especially
00 had arrested = 01 b 00 past perfect 02 b 00 form of the verb 'arrest' 02 br
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00 had to = 01 b 00 simple past 02 b 00 form of 'have to' 02 br
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00 Although it is more common to say 'the police', the word 'police' is also sometime used without the definite article ('the') -- especially
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