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Voytaszek Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The past perfect

Should I use this tense consquently as in Spanish or not?

I returned home at 9 p.m. but my wife had already eaten supper and went (or had gone) to bed.
  

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m. but my wife had already eaten supper and gone to bed.

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  • but my wife had already eaten supper and gone to bed.
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I returned home at 9 p.m. but my wife had already eaten supper and gone to bed.
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What if I break this sentence into two?

I returned home at 9 p.m. but my wife had already eaten supper. She (had) washed the dishes and (had) gone to bed.
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She had washed the dishes and gone to bed
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What if I change a doer of an action?

Before she left she had stood next to me so I (had) grabbed her hand and pulled her onto my knees an than I grabbed her chin and kissed her into a cheek, she (hadn`t restisted) didn`t resist and than she just walked away with a beautiful smile on her face.
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VoytaszekBefore she left she had stood next to me so I (had) grabbed her hand and pulled her onto my knees an than I grabbed her chin and kissed her into a cheek, she (hadn`t restisted) didn`t resist and than she just walked away with a beautiful smile on her face.
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