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Car green Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect
my father had been working for the same company all his life
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You need to start and end your sentence correctly. Your use of the Past Perfect suggests that he worked there until some later point or event in the past. eg My father had been working for the same company all his life.
- You need to start and end your sentence correctly.
- Your use of the Past Perfect suggests that he worked there until some later point or event in the past.
- eg My father had been working for the same company all his life.
- Then he won $10 million dollars in a lottery, so he retired.
- If he is still working there, use Present Perect.
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You need to start and end your sentence correctly.
Your use of the Past Perfect suggests that he worked there until some later point or event in the past.
eg My father had been working for the same company all his life. Then he won $10 million dollars in a lottery, so he retired.
If he is still working there, use Present Perect.
Clive
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