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Yzak Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Simple past or past perfect
Where were you?
I had gone* shopping or I *went shopping?
Which is correct and why?
I had gone* shopping or I *went shopping?
Which is correct and why?
Top answer
'Where were you prior to some point in the past' is implicit in the question, so Past Perfect is not wrong. But Simple Past is usually used in cases like this because the sequencing of events is clear. So say I went shopping .
- 'Where were you prior to some point in the past' is implicit in the question, so Past Perfect is not wrong.
- But Simple Past is usually used in cases like this because the sequencing of events is clear.
- So say I went shopping .
- ', so the natural answer is in Simple Past for the same reason.
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'Where were you prior to some point in the past' is implicit in the question, so Past Perfect is not wrong. But Simple Past is usually used in cases like this because the sequencing of events is clear.
So say I went shopping.
Another way to look at this to note that the question is in Simple Past, not 'Where had you been?', so the natural answer is in Simple Past for the sam
So say I went shopping.
Another way to look at this to note that the question is in Simple Past, not 'Where had you been?', so the natural answer is in Simple Past for the sam
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