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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

"it felt good" when/that past/past perfect

Which variant do you think it's correct:

1.It felt good when you corrected me.

2.If felt good when you had corrected me.

3.It felt good that you corrected me.

4.It felt good that you had corrected me.

(the action of correcting is finished at the time of speaking)

Also, I'd like to know whether the expression "It felt good" is correctly used in this context.

Thanks.
  

Top answer

I like #1and #3 among the four, but would really prefer 'I'm glad (that) you corrected me'. 'It felt good' sounds a little odd in this context to me. The past perfect is inappropriate-- it has nothing to do with the time of speaking, but with the relationship and relative age of the two past events.

— Mister Micawber

  • I like #1and #3 among the four, but would really prefer 'I'm glad (that) you corrected me'.
  • 'It felt good' sounds a little odd in this context to me.
  • The past perfect is inappropriate-- it has nothing to do with the time of speaking, but with the relationship and relative age of the two past events.
  • Here, the feeling and the correcting were essentially simultaneous, so simple past for both.
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I like #1and #3 among the four, but would really prefer 'I'm glad (that) you corrected me'. 'It felt good' sounds a little odd in this context to me. The past perfect is inappropriate-- it has nothing to do with the time of speaking, but with the relationship and relative age of the two past events. Here, the feeling and the correcting were essentially simultaneous, so simple past for bo
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Suppose the correction occurred some time before the person being corrected saw that correction. Is it possible to use past perfect in this case?
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Unless there is chance of confusion as to which came first, the correction or the elation, I see no reason to employ past perfect.
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