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Floral Posted 21 years ago
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Which of the two do you choose?
"We had not disturbed him, until he finished work."
or "We did not disturb him, until he finished work."
"We had not disturbed him, until he finished work."
or "We did not disturb him, until he finished work."
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Neither, floral. ' No commas. The latter sentence stresses that the work was completed.
- Neither, floral.
- ' No commas.
- The latter sentence stresses that the work was completed.
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Neither, floral. To me, the choices would be:
'We did not disturb him until he finished work.'
'We did not disturb him until he had finished work.'
No commas. The latter sentence stresses that the work was completed.
'We did not disturb him until he finished work.'
'We did not disturb him until he had finished work.'
No commas. The latter sentence stresses that the work was completed.
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