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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

What's the difference between these sentences?

Are they both correct? The second one sounds incorrect to me.


I had finished my homework by 7 o'clock.

I had finished my homework at 7 o'clock.

  

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anonymous The second one sounds incorrect to me. It could be correct in the right context, but without further context I would simply use the simple past: I finished my homework at 7.

— Persian Learner

  • anonymous The second one sounds incorrect to me.
  • It could be correct in the right context, but without further context I would simply use the simple past: I finished my homework at 7.
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anonymousThe second one sounds incorrect to me.

It could be correct in the right context, but without further context I would simply use the simple past:


I finished my homework at 7.

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Thank you for your answer.

Do they mean more or less the same?

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So "I had finished my homework at 7 o'clock" cannot be taken to mean "When it was 7 o'clock, I had already finished my homework."
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