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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Present and past perfect

Hello, could someone please explain the use of past perfect and present perfect in the next to last sentence. Which action is the earliest? First he has been so good and the the opposition had become , but it doesn't make sense as past perfect should have been used this way - firstly he had been so good and the opposition has become ? Thanks.Navalny understood the initial December 2011 protests were his big chance. Whilst other actors dawdled - he become the movement's orator. By the end he was its uncontested leader. Ever since Navalny has been so good at shining like a white knight fighting "the bloodsuckers" - the opposition had become the Navalny movement.

However, building proper opposition institutions failed.

  

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I have to say that the entire text could use some work. I don't think it was written by a native speaker. " I am not sure what the author meant here.

— Xerxes

  • I have to say that the entire text could use some work.
  • I don't think it was written by a native speaker.
  • " I am not sure what the author meant here.
  • My guess, insofar as the tenses are concerned, is that the sequence is as follows: 1.
  • First, the opposition became the Navalny movement.
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I have to say that the entire text could use some work. I don't think it was written by a native speaker. With respect to your question:

"Ever since Navalny has been so good at shining like a white knight fighting "the bloodsuckers" - the opposition had become the Navalny movement."

I am not sure what the author meant here. My guess, insofar as the tenses are concerned, is that the

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Here are some edits that make the text more grammatical.

Navalny understood the initial December 2011 protests were his big chance. Whilst other actors dawdled, he became the movement's orator. By the end (of the protests) he was its uncontested leader. Ever since then,  Navalny has been so good at shining like a white knight fighting "the bloodsuckers" t
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