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Mirza4 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Tense
Is this sentence correct?
We have got down to business as soon as we were introduced to each other.
Or is it: had got/were introduced, got/had been introduced or got/have been introduced?
I am confused
We have got down to business as soon as we were introduced to each other.
Or is it: had got/were introduced, got/had been introduced or got/have been introduced?
I am confused
Top answer
We got down to business (This is a single event in the past. ) as soon as we were introduced (This is another single event in the past. ) to each other.
- We got down to business (This is a single event in the past.
- ) as soon as we were introduced (This is another single event in the past.
- ) to each other.
- We got down to business as soon as we had been introduced (This is another single event in the past, but happened before the "getting down to business" event.
- ) to each other.
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We got down to business (This is a single event in the past. The simple past tense is a natural choice.) as soon as we were introduced (This is another single event in the past. The simple past tense is a good choice.) to each other.
We got down to business as soon as we had been introduced (This is another single event in the past, but happened before the "getting down to business" even
We got down to business as soon as we had been introduced (This is another single event in the past, but happened before the "getting down to business" even
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