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Pructus Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Promised VS had promised
Hi,
In the sentence below, is there any difference of nuance between "you promised" and "you had promised"?
Doesn't "you had promised" feel like to be more of grumbling or criticizing attitude?
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Before I moved in ,you promised to fix the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.
In the sentence below, is there any difference of nuance between "you promised" and "you had promised"?
Doesn't "you had promised" feel like to be more of grumbling or criticizing attitude?
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Before I moved in ,you promised to fix the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.
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Doesn't "you had promised" feel like to be more of grumbling or criticizing attitude? -- Hmm. I have thought about this, but not to me, really.
- Doesn't "you had promised" feel like to be more of grumbling or criticizing attitude?
- -- Hmm.
- I have thought about this, but not to me, really.
- I suppose that spoken emphasis could make it so, but so it could with the simple past.
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Doesn't "you had promised" feel like to be more of grumbling or criticizing attitude?-- Hmm. I have thought about this, but not to me, really. I suppose that spoken emphasis could make it so, but so it could with the simple past.
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