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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
simple past or simple past perfect - thanks!
"I ... (take) the bottle home and after my father ... (come in), he ... (help) me to open it."
is this correct:
I took the bottle home and after may father came in, he helped me to open it.
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I took the bottle home and after my father had come in, he helped me to open it.
is this correct:
I took the bottle home and after may father came in, he helped me to open it.
Or
I took the bottle home and after my father had come in, he helped me to open it.
Top answer
I took the bottle home , and after/when my father came in, he helped me (to) open it. There is no call for past perfect here, since the order of events is quite clear.
- I took the bottle home , and after/when my father came in, he helped me (to) open it.
- There is no call for past perfect here, since the order of events is quite clear.
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I took the bottle home, and after/when my father came in, he helped me (to) open it.
There is no call for past perfect here, since the order of events is quite clear.
There is no call for past perfect here, since the order of events is quite clear.
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