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Trouper Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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02br 02br 00We use 'past perfect' to show sequence of events that happened in the past. Given 01b 00two events02b 00, A and B, both happened and were over in the past, A first then B - we use the simple past tense for B and the past perfect tense for A. (Think of 'past perfect' = 'past of past').

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  • 02br 02br 00We use 'past perfect' to show sequence of events that happened in the past.
  • Given 01b 00two events02b 00, A and B, both happened and were over in the past, A first then B - we use the simple past tense for B and the past perfect tense for A.
  • (Think of 'past perfect' = 'past of past').
  • 02br 02br 00Now look at both of your sentences, without other event mentioned to help us establish a time sequence, we should use the simple past tense.
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