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0Please answer these questions.02br
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001. When you use the word 'when', do you have to use a past perfect in the subordinate clause to denote the past activity or can we use a past there like the main clause to make the context apparent?02br
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00When had eaten his lunch, he rose up and went home.02br
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00When he finished his lunch, he rose up and went home.02br
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002. Why is these tenses are not correctly used?02br
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00Workers are installing extra loudspeakers because the music in tonight's concert will need amplication.02br
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00Can I make it like this?02br
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00Workers are installing extra loudspeakers because the music in tonight's concert will be???needing amplication.0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 001. 02br 02br 00An example of a case where the Simple Past does not make the sequence clear is 'When he ate his lunch, he read a book'. 02br 02br 01font 002.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 001.
  • 02br 02br 00An example of a case where the Simple Past does not make the sequence clear is 'When he ate his lunch, he read a book'.
  • 02br 02br 01font 002.
  • needing amplication.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font001. When you use the word 'when', do you have to use a past perfect in the subordinate clause to denote the past activity or can we use a past there like the main clause to make the context apparent?02font02br
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01font00When 01b00he 02b00had eaten
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