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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Stand alone past perfect
You don't need to worry about the today's incident. We had intimated our management for the possibility of such incidences long back.
Is the use of past perfect here correct?
Does past perfect always need past tense in the sentence?
Can't we use this tense stand alone? Like this.....
1] She had told me about this.
2] We had already approved the format of the report,
Is the use of past perfect here correct?
Does past perfect always need past tense in the sentence?
Can't we use this tense stand alone? Like this.....
1] She had told me about this.
2] We had already approved the format of the report,
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Anonymous We had intimated our management for the possibility of such incidences long back. From the context given, I see no reason for the past perfect, but this is the least of the problems with that horrible sentence. Anonymous Does past perfect always need past tense in the sentence?
- Anonymous We had intimated our management for the possibility of such incidences long back.
- From the context given, I see no reason for the past perfect, but this is the least of the problems with that horrible sentence.
- Anonymous Does past perfect always need past tense in the sentence?
- No, not necessarily.
- What matters is that the past perfect must be relative to some other past event or past reference point.
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Anonymous We had intimated our management for the possibility of such incidences long back.From the context given, I see no reason for the past perfect, but this is the least of the problems with that horrible sentence.
AnonymousDoes past perfect always need past tense in the sentence?No, not necessarily. What matters is t
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