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Maya2 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

took off like few others have before

0Hi again,02br
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00Pearl Harbour, for example, met with quite a lot of media hostility, but took off at the box office like few others 01font00have02font00 before.02br
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00Should 01font00'have'02font00 not be 'did'?02br
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00Thank you0-
  

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0 No. "have" is part of an implied phrase. 0-

— Erin Zale

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  • "have" is part of an implied phrase.
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0 No. "have" is part of an implied phrase. Look at it this way:02br
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00This phrase:02br
00Pearl Harbour, for example, met with quite a lot of media hostility, but 01font00took off02font00 at the box office like few others 01font00have02font00 before.02br
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0Hello02br
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00What does 'before' mean? Before which time? Past perfect would be more appropriate here, would it not?02br
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00Thanks for your answer0-
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0 Erin Zale told you:02br
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00 before 01b00it02br
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00 before the movie "Pearl Harbour" itself appeared01b02br
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