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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Sequence of tenses
Which is grammatically correct? If each is correct, Please teach me the difference.
?He said that, when he came home, she left home.
?He said that, when he came home, she had left home.
?He said that, when he had come home, she had left home.
?He said that, when he had come home, she left home.
?He said that, when he came home, she left home.
?He said that, when he came home, she had left home.
?He said that, when he had come home, she had left home.
?He said that, when he had come home, she left home.
Top answer
-- She left after he came home. -- She left before he came home. -- S he left before he came home and something else happened before he came home.
- -- She left after he came home.
- -- She left before he came home.
- -- S he left before he came home and something else happened before he came home.
- -- She left after he came home and something else happened before he came home.
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These are correct:
?He said that when he came home she left.-- She left after he came home.
?He said that when he came home she had left.-- She left before he came home.
?He said that when he had come home she had left.-- She left before he came home and something else happened before he came home.
?He said that when he had come home s
?He said that when he came home she left.-- She left after he came home.
?He said that when he came home she had left.-- She left before he came home.
?He said that when he had come home she had left.-- She left before he came home and something else happened before he came home.
?He said that when he had come home s
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Mister Micawber
?He said that when he came home she left.-- She left after he came home.
?He said that when he came home she had left.-- She left before he came home.
?He said that when he had come home she had left.-- She left before he came home and something else happened before he came home.
?He said that when h
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Absolutely unnecessary except for English exercises. In reported speech too, if the order is clear you needn't regress...well, here, anyway. (#3 and #4 here are terribly awkward, but I was humoring the Anon post in his exercise.)
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OK, thanks.
Could you please give me an instance where it is necessary?
Could you please give me an instance where it is necessary?
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