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Guzhao67 Posted 14 years ago
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Sentence from lady chatterley's lover
HI:
The following short paragraph was taken from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence.
He roused in the woman a wild sort of compassion and yearning, and a wild, craving physical desire. The physical desire he did not satisfy in her; he was always come and finished so quickly, then shrinking down on her breast, and recovering somewhat his effrontery while she lay dazed, disappointed, lost.
My question is: why does the author use "was" before "come" and "finished", instead of "had"? isn't the sentence in past perfect tense?
thank you
The following short paragraph was taken from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence.
He roused in the woman a wild sort of compassion and yearning, and a wild, craving physical desire. The physical desire he did not satisfy in her; he was always come and finished so quickly, then shrinking down on her breast, and recovering somewhat his effrontery while she lay dazed, disappointed, lost.
My question is: why does the author use "was" before "come" and "finished", instead of "had"? isn't the sentence in past perfect tense?
thank you
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Some forms of Irish English use "be" + past participle of such verbs such as "finish" and "come" in order to express the perfect.
- Some forms of Irish English use "be" + past participle of such verbs such as "finish" and "come" in order to express the perfect.
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Some forms of Irish English use "be" + past participle of such verbs such as "finish" and "come" in order to express the perfect.
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