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Welkins2139 Posted 20 years ago
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#1 What is difference between " she had actually been...... " and " she was acutally ..... " from the sentences with (almost) the same meaning ?

She had been a nice woman.

She was a nice woman.

#2 Is there any difference ?

Thanks
  

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She had been a nice woman. You need more context for this, establishing the need for past perfect. The simple past is simpler in this respect, less context is usually required.

— Marius Hancu

  • She had been a nice woman.
  • You need more context for this, establishing the need for past perfect.
  • The simple past is simpler in this respect, less context is usually required.
  • Make a search at Yahoo for "she had been" (quotation marks are important) for many samples of such contexts.
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She had been a nice woman.
You need more context for this, establishing the need for past perfect.

The simple past is simpler
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Welkins2139#1 What is difference between " she had actually been...... " and " she was acutally ..... " from the sentences with (almost) the same meaning ?

She had been a nice woman.

She was a nice woman.

#2 Is there any difference ?

Thanks
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