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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

tense

Given the example:
Ducking under Peeves, they ran for their lives, right to the end of the corridor where they slammed into a door - and it was locked. "This is it!" Ron moaned, as they pushed helplessly at the door, "We're done for! This is the end!"
It’s not clear whether they ran into a door out of the corridor or not until we read after the dash. After reading after the dash, we can get the information that they were just locked out of the door. In this case, isn’t the past perfect tense better - where they had slammed into a door - ?
  

Top answer

eipjoo In this case, isn’t the past perfect tense better - Not at all; it is not even appropriate: (1) they ran down the corridor (2) they hit a door. The locked condition of the door is simply added information.

— Mister Micawber

  • eipjoo In this case, isn’t the past perfect tense better - Not at all; it is not even appropriate: (1) they ran down the corridor (2) they hit a door.
  • The locked condition of the door is simply added information.
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eipjoo In this case, isn’t the past perfect tense better -
Not at all; it is not even appropriate:

(1) they ran down the corridor
(2) they hit a door.

The locked condition of the door is simply added information.
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Without getting the exact meaning of the word, I developed wildly my imagination. Thank you for solving my puzzle.
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