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JesterLegacy Posted 12 years ago
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What's the difference....?
1)The rain just subsided.
2)The rain has just subsided.
3)The rain had just subsided.
2)The rain has just subsided.
3)The rain had just subsided.
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#1 and #2 have essentially the same meaning. I'd say it's just a matter of what variety of English you hear and/or speak. In AmE, I think, #1 would be more often heard and spoken, but the speakers of BrE prefer #2 to say the same thing.
- #1 and #2 have essentially the same meaning.
- I'd say it's just a matter of what variety of English you hear and/or speak.
- In AmE, I think, #1 would be more often heard and spoken, but the speakers of BrE prefer #2 to say the same thing.
- JesterLegacy 3)The rain had just subsided.
- This is the past perfect which is used to describe something that happened / existed earlier than something else in the past.
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#1 and #2 have essentially the same meaning. I'd say it's just a matter of what variety of English you hear and/or speak. In AmE, I think, #1 would be more often heard and spoken, but the speakers of BrE prefer #2 to say the same thing.
JesterLegacy3)The rain had just subsided.This is the past perfect which is used to describe something that happened / existed
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1) The rain just subsided. — a completed past action.
2) The rain has just subsided. — a recently completed past action which relates to the nicer weather now.
3) The rain had just subsided.— a past action completed before another past action that is not mentioned in this sentence.
2) The rain has just subsided. — a recently completed past action which relates to the nicer weather now.
3) The rain had just subsided.— a past action completed before another past action that is not mentioned in this sentence.
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