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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Which one is correct?
She came in a week later and she had lost 5 more pounds.
She came in a week later and she lost 5 more pounds.
She came in a week later and she had lost 5 more pounds.
She came in a week later and she lost 5 more pounds.
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The first sentence is a correct use of the past perfect tense ( had lost ) to describe an action previous to another past action ( came in ).
- The first sentence is a correct use of the past perfect tense ( had lost ) to describe an action previous to another past action ( came in ).
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The first sentence is a correct use of the past perfect tense (had lost) to describe an action previous to another past action (came in).
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Anonymous She came in a week later and she lost 5 more pounds.That one's OK in some contexts. Perhaps she came into a casino and, for the second week running, lost £5.
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fivejedjon Anonymous She came in a week later and she lost 5 more pounds.That one's OK in some contexts. Perhaps she came into a casino and, for the second week running, lost £5.Thanks. And is the first one ok in all contexts as Philip said?
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AnonymousThanks. And is the first one ok in all contexts as Philip said?Philip did not say that. He said, correctly, "The first sentence is a correct use of the past perfect tense (had lost) to describe an action previous to another past action (came in)".
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fivejedjon AnonymousThanks. And is the first one ok in all contexts as Philip said?Philip did not say that. He said, correctly, "The first sentence is a correct use of the past perfect tense (had lost) to describe an action previous to another past action (came in)".Yes, sorry. I meant that the entire sentence was correctly written, and the past perfect was c
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