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Tommyek Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What do you mean by that construction of time clause?

"She left before she had taken the exam."

Did she take the exam or not?
  

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Hi, She didn't take it before she left. Maybe she took it later. Maybe not.

— Clive

  • Hi, She didn't take it before she left.
  • Maybe she took it later.
  • Maybe not.
  • We are not told.
  • Clive
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2 Answers
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Hi,

She didn't take it before she left.

Maybe she took it later. Maybe not. We are not told.

Clive
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It is a rare occasion when the action in the past simple precedes the one in the past perfect.
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