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Dileepa Posted 7 years ago
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Usage of past participle when we know the time

I found the following sentence from a bbc article that I've read recently. The thing that I cannot understand is why they have used past participle tense, though they know the time of that event. I mean, it states that he said it just some hours earlier. Therefore, it is evident that the speaker knows the time that the event happened.


Just hours earlier, Pyongyang had said denuclearisation talks with Washington could finally resume later this week.


Reference :

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49902182

  

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I found the following sentence from a bbc in a BBC article that I've read recently. The thing that I cannot understand is why they have used the past perfect participle tense, though they know the time of that event. I mean, it states that he said it just some hours earlier .

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  • I found the following sentence from a bbc in a BBC article that I've read recently.
  • The thing that I cannot understand is why they have used the past perfect participle tense, though they know the time of that event.
  • I mean, it states that he said it just some hours earlier .
  • Therefore, it is evident that the speaker knows the time that the event happened.
  • ” ---------------------------------------- The past perfect can be used when we are talking about a past event that happened before another past event.
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I found the following sentence from a bbc in a BBC article that I've read recently. The thing that I cannot understand is why they have used the past perfect participle tense, though they know the time of that event. I mean, it states that

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dileepapast participle tense,

That is not the correct terminology.

Past perfect is the name.

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dileepathough they know the time of that event.

Knowing the time does not affect usage of the past perfect. Past perfect is used to make a clear sequence of two events in the past.


South Korean officials said a missile launched (Event #1) near the port of Wonsan flew about 450km (280 miles) an

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