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00 For the sentence from the NY Times search, would you say 'because he had filed for .." is the correct use of a past perfect? 02 br
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00 The phrase "would be able to" cover a past, as well as a double or triple or how-many-back past? 02 br
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00 11 and that the state had simply run out of patience, shutting down the restaurant yesterday morning. He said that he would be able to reopen it today because he had filed for Chapter 11 protection under the federal bankruptcy law. Michael Marr... 0-
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00 For the sentence from the NY Times search, would you say 'because he had filed for .." is the correct use of a past perfect? 02 br
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00 The phrase "would be able to" cover a past, as well as a double or triple or how-many-back past? 02 br
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00 11 and that the state had simply run out of patience, shutting down the restaurant yesterday morning. He said that he would be able to reopen it today because he had filed for Chapter 11 protection under the federal bankruptcy law. Michael Marr... 0-
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00 The two tenses needn't be correlated. 02 br
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01 i 00 Because he had already filed earlier, he will be able to open it tomorrow. 02 br
00 Because he had already filed earlier, he was able to open it yesterday. 02 br
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00 The two tenses needn't be correlated. 02 br
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01 i 00 Because he had already filed earlier, he will be able to open it tomorrow. 02 br
00 Because he had already filed earlier, he was able to open it yesterday. 02 br
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0 Yes, it is correct. 02 br
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00 The timing of actions is in sequence: 02 br
00 filing (he had filed) - the earliest, the oldest 02 br
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00 saying (he said), after filing 02 br
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00 being able (he would be able) - the most recent, after saying 0-
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00 The timing of actions is in sequence: 02 br
00 filing (he had filed) - the earliest, the oldest 02 br
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00 saying (he said), after filing 02 br
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00 being able (he would be able) - the most recent, after saying 0-
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