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Musicgold Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Too much drink

Hi,

Which one of the following sentences is correct?

1. I drank too much last night.

2. I had too much to drink last night.

3. I had drunk too much last night.

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Hi, To state a simple fact about last night, use 1 or 2. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, To state a simple fact about last night, use 1 or 2.
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Hi,

To state a simple fact about last night, use 1 or 2.

Clive
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Musicgold3. I had drunk too much last night.
'had drunk' is a past perfect tense. This is a 'dependent tense', meaning it depends on a context in the past. A sentence of a single clause in the past perfect is unidiomatic. You need a sentence or two in front of this to establish the required past point of view which will make the past perfect sound more reas
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