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use of past perfect

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00Do we have to use a past perfect in situations like no.2 and 4? 00Must00 we use a past perfect in them?02br
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001. Hi, Joe. I have received your math assignment and found you have made some mistakes. I have corrected your assignmenthed herein.02br
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002. Hi, Joe. Thank you for handing in your assignment on time. I received your writing assignment and found you had made some mistakes. I have corrected your assignment and attached herein.02br
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003. I entered my house and found some jewelry missing. I thought there must have been a robber here before I came in.02br
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004. I entered my house and found some jewelry missing and gathered someone had came into my house and stole it. 0-
  

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0 We use past perfect to place event B further back in time than event A:02br 00I found : past tense. Obviously, Joe must have written the assignment before that. " Note COME and STOLEN0-

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  • 0 We use past perfect to place event B further back in time than event A:02br 00I found : past tense.
  • Obviously, Joe must have written the assignment before that.
  • " Note COME and STOLEN0-
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0 We use past perfect to place event B further back in time than event A:02br
00I found : past tense. Obviously, Joe must have written the assignment before that. I 01b00found02b00 that ( when you actually wrote this assignment, further back in time) you 01b00had made02b00 some mistakes.02br
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00'gathered' is not ap
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