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Marix998 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
The child had gone/went home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching/had been searching for him in the streets.
Hello,
I would like to ask a queation regarding tenses used with meanwhile.
The child had gone home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets.
The child went home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets.
The child went home. Meanwhile, his mother had been searching for him in the streets.
What is a difference between the sentences?
How does the meamnig change in senteces:
Meanwhile, the child had gone home his mother was searching for him in the streets.
Meanwhile, the child went home his mother was searching for him in the streets.
Meanwhile, the child went home his mother had been searching for him in the streets.
thank you
m
I would like to ask a queation regarding tenses used with meanwhile.
The child had gone home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets.
The child went home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets.
The child went home. Meanwhile, his mother had been searching for him in the streets.
What is a difference between the sentences?
How does the meamnig change in senteces:
Meanwhile, the child had gone home his mother was searching for him in the streets.
Meanwhile, the child went home his mother was searching for him in the streets.
Meanwhile, the child went home his mother had been searching for him in the streets.
thank you
m
Top answer
The child had gone home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets. The child went home.
- The child had gone home.
- Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets.
- The child went home.
- Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets.
- The child went home.
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The child had gone home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets.
The child went home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets.
The child went home. Meanwhile, his mother had been searching for him in the streets.
What is a difference between the sentences?-- In #1 the child went home first; in #3, the searching
The child went home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the streets.
The child went home. Meanwhile, his mother had been searching for him in the streets.
What is a difference between the sentences?-- In #1 the child went home first; in #3, the searching
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Thank you for your response
what about the sentece:
Meanwhile, Eads had suffered a severe recurrence of the tuberculosis which periodically incapacitated him throughout his adult life, and-as indicated earlier-had retired from active work.
Meanwhile, Eads suffered a severe recurrence of the tuberculosis which periodically incapacitated him throughout his ad
what about the sentece:
Meanwhile, Eads had suffered a severe recurrence of the tuberculosis which periodically incapacitated him throughout his adult life, and-as indicated earlier-had retired from active work.
Meanwhile, Eads suffered a severe recurrence of the tuberculosis which periodically incapacitated him throughout his ad
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You need to use #1 simply because the the final verb ('had retired'), which occurs at the same time or after recurrence, is in past perfect. Otherwise, you have presented no context that legislates for either verb form.
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