Simple past or past perfect
Thanks for your response to my post.
Why didn’t you come to college today? You (told / had told) me that you were coming, why then you didn’t come?
I think it's 'had told'. We need past perfect here because 'telling' happened prior to 'not coming'. Am I right?
Secondly, are the sentences correctly punctuated?
Thanks.
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When the sequence of events is clear, as it is here, we usually use Simple Past instead of Past Perfect. eg Why didn’t you come to college today? You told me that you were coming .
- When the sequence of events is clear, as it is here, we usually use Simple Past instead of Past Perfect.
- eg Why didn’t you come to college today?
- You told me that you were coming .
- Then why didn’t you come?
- You need to review the correct word order for a question.
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When the sequence of events is clear, as it is here, we usually use Simple Past instead of Past Perfect.
eg Why didn’t you come to college today? You told me that you were coming. Then why didn’t you come?
You need to review the correct word order for a question.
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