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Virat1971 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Use of past perfect
Why is "had" used in this sentence?
Scholars consider the use of mantras to have begun before 1000 BC. By the middle Vedic period (1000 BC to 500 BC) – claims Frits Staal – mantras in Hinduism had developed into a blend of art and science.(source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra)
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virat1971 Why is "had" used in this sentence? Because "developed" happened before, or leading up to, the middle Vedic period.
- virat1971 Why is "had" used in this sentence?
- Because "developed" happened before, or leading up to, the middle Vedic period.
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virat1971Why is "had" used in this sentence?
Because "developed" happened before, or leading up to, the middle Vedic period.
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