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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Sentence correction

Hello

Is it OK to say

I washed the dishes because I had realized they hadn't been cleaned? Or is it supposed to be "weren't clean"

Ty

  

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I would use the simple past realized instead of had realized . With that improvement, both of these sentences are correct. I washed the dishes because I realized they hadn't been cleaned.

— Shermla

  • I would use the simple past realized instead of had realized .
  • With that improvement, both of these sentences are correct.
  • I washed the dishes because I realized they hadn't been cleaned.
  • I washed the dishes because they weren't clean.
  • The first sentence draws attention to a task not having been performed by someone, but otherwise the two sentences are pretty much equivalent.
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I would use the simple past realized instead of had realized.

With that improvement, both of these sentences are correct.

I washed the dishes because I realized they hadn't been cleaned.

I washed the dishes because they weren't clean.

The first sentence draws attention to a task not having been performed by someone, but otherwise the two sent

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Thank you very much.

But its like I don't quite seem to figure out the differences between wasn't .. And hadn't been...


For example : " I begged mom to make pay attention to me because I saw she was talking on the phone / I saw she had been talking on phone."


Also why is "i saw" not being converted into "I had seen"? I mean , first he saw on the phone her and than h

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