Until with past simple and past perfect
How do you understand the difference between these two sentences:
I waited until she gave me the key to my room.
I waited until she had given me the key to my room.
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Karol Silski How do you understand the difference between these two sentences: I waited until she gave me the key to my room. I waited until she had given me the key to my room. They could be used in the same situation, but one thing that occurs to me is that the second one seems to imply that something more is coming next in the story.
- Karol Silski How do you understand the difference between these two sentences: I waited until she gave me the key to my room.
- I waited until she had given me the key to my room.
- They could be used in the same situation, but one thing that occurs to me is that the second one seems to imply that something more is coming next in the story.
- I waited until she had given me the key to my room before I asked her about places to have lunch nearby.
- CJ
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Karol SilskiHow do you understand the difference between these two sentences:
I waited until she gave me the key to my room.
I waited until she had given me the key to my room.
They could be used in the same situation, but one thing that occurs to me is that the second one seems to imply that something more is coming next in the story.
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