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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
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0Hello,02br
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001. when they / gave their books02br
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00I have to write a sentences using the given words. The starting word is,02br
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00a) When they had given their books to the teacher, the teacher allowed them to play.02br
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00b) When the teacher allowed to them to play, they had given their books to the teacher.02br
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00I know the sequence of the events. The problem is that what would be the starting tense of the clause after the word "when".02br
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00Shall I use 01b00"simeple past" fist02b00 as shown in (2) or start with the 01b00past perfect02b00 as shown in (2)?02br
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00What would be the correct sequence ? Keep in mind that the starting word is given as "WHEN".0-
  

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0I don't quite know what you are up to, Hanuman, but A makes sense while B does not. 0-

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0I don't quite know what you are up to, Hanuman, but A makes sense while B does not. Some other options:02br
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01i00When they had given their books to the teacher, they were allowed to play outside.02br
00They were allowed to play outside when they had given their books to the teacher.02i02br
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00If you know the sequence o
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01cite10Hanuman_200012cite10Hello,12br
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101. when they / gave their books12br
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10I have to write a sentences using the given words. The starting word is,12br
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10a) When they had given their
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01cite10Goodman12cite11font11font10When we use words like “when”, while, before, “after” etc. in compound past perfect tense, it’s usually the past perfect tense that comes before the clause.12font12br
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0I guess this discussion invites lot of questions.01blockquote
01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10I don't quite know what you are up to, Hanuman, but A makes sense while B does not. Some other options:12br
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10When they had given their books to the teacher, they were allowed to play outside.12br
10They were allowed to pl
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0Yes, I think that Goodman may want to revise his sentence, Rishonly.02br
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00Regarding tenses after 01i00when02i00: any is possible, I would think. The thread you mention was possibly discussing other matters.02br
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01i00When I saw him, he was smoking heavily.02br
00 When I see him, I will tell him to st
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10Yes, I think that Goodman may want to revise his sentence, Rishonly.12br
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10Regarding tenses after 11i10when12i10: any is possible, I would think. The thread you mention was possibly discussing other matters.12br
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0I know the 01i00About02i00 website, Rishonly, but I hadn't noticed that particular page. It seems to me extremely rigid and/or out of touch with current English: that's all I can say. In addition to the variety of tenses I gave you above, I could easily add to 01i00About'02i00s table:02br
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01i00I have always finished
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10I know the 11i10About12i10 website, Rishonly, but I hadn't noticed that particular page. It seems to me extremely rigid and/or out of touch with current English: 12br
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10That disentangles the whole puzzle, MM;therefore,I am sure I wouldn't visi
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0No, I don't think the 01i00About 02i00site is so bad, Rishonly-- I use it from time to time. Its problem is that it tries to cover all fields, and is master of none.0-
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