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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Until + past perfect

0Hi, everyone. Can I say this and is it grammartically correct?02br
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01i00Bob didn't come to the outdoor party until it had stopped raining.02i02br
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01i00Bob didn't come to the outdoor party before it stopped raining.02i02br
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02i 00 01font 00This sentence is a bit strange and don't forget past perfect isn't used much. 02font 02br 02br 00Should I say in the same meaning :02br 02br 01i 00Bob didn't come to the outdoor party before it stopped raining. 02font 02i 0-

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  • 02i 00 01font 00This sentence is a bit strange and don't forget past perfect isn't used much.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Should I say in the same meaning :02br 02br 01i 00Bob didn't come to the outdoor party before it stopped raining.
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1i00Bob didn't come to the outdoor party until it had stopped raining.02i00 01font00This sentence is a bit strange and don't forget past perfect isn't used much. It would be bettter if you said Bob didn't come to the outdoor party until it stopped raining.02font02br
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0Thank you Doll.02br
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01i00Bob didn't come to the outdoor party before it stopped raining. 01font00Yes.02font02i02br
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00In this sentence, 'before' and 'until' are interchangeable?02br
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0 No, not at all it just depends on the meaning of the sentence. 0-
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0Thank you Doll.02br
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01i00Bob didn't come to the outdoor party before it stopped raining. 02i02br
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00This sounds good to me. But, when I replace 'before' by 'until', that sounds a little odd to me. I think we shouldn't use 'until' in a negative sentence like above. If we can, I don't understand the difference between using 'until' a
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0Look what I found for you 01a05000 02a02br
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00I think you will understand with the help of this post.0260hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/BeforeVsUntil/qxpg/Post.htm
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0Thank you for a great link, Doll.02br
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10Hi, everyone. Can I say this and is it grammartically correct?12br
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11i10Bob didn't come to the outdoor party until it had stopped raining.12i12br
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10Should I say in the same meaning :12br
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11i10Bob didn't come to the outdoor party before it stopped raini
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0CJ, Thanks. It's really understandable. I understand the difference of two sentences.02br
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00Can I rewrite the first one in the same meaning like this:02br
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01i00Bob came to the outdoor party as it stopped rainging.02i00 (I know two things happend at the same time in this case though, it may be okay.)02br
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0 From your latest examples I see that you understand perfectly. They are all okay. They are all more like the original first one than like the original second one.02br
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00 (And it's 01i00raining02i00, not 01i00rainging02i00, by the way! 05000)02br
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