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Misko Pisko Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

simple past vs past perfect

Hi, in "It doesn't look like a great deal today, but back then it was a coup: no man before had dared to import tea directly into Ireland." Why was the past perfect used? Isn't it clear what happened sooner? Emotion: smile Thank you
  

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Apparently the writer felt it was not clear enough.

— Clive

  • Apparently the writer felt it was not clear enough.
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Apparently the writer felt it was not clear enough.
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Ok, thanks. And how about this one? "Bewley's initiative put an end to the East India Trading Company's tea monopoly which before 1835 had forced the Irish to import their tea from London." Both are from a grammar test.
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..and this one. "In Dublin's Grafton Street, Ernest Bewley opened another Bewley's Oriental Café in 1927, on which he had spent nearly 60,000 Pound." Thanks.
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And how about this one? "Bewley's initiative put an end to the East India Trading Company's tea monopoly which before 1835 had forced the Irish to import their tea from London." Same comment as before. The writer wants to stress the sequence.


..and this one. "In Dublin's Grafton Street, Ernest Bewley opened another Bewley's Oriental Café in 1927, o
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