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Pructus Posted 14 years ago
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When I had called him I visited him

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To convey the meaning, "I made it a rule to call first, when I visited him", or "I never visited him wihout calling him first", can we use the expression, "When I had called him I visited him"?
  

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To convey the meaning, "I made it a rule to call first, when I visited him", or "I never visited him wihout calling him first", can we use the expression, "When I had called him I visited him"? No. That last sentence doesn't contain all the information that is in the first two.

— CalifJim

  • To convey the meaning, "I made it a rule to call first, when I visited him", or "I never visited him wihout calling him first", can we use the expression, "When I had called him I visited him"?
  • No.
  • That last sentence doesn't contain all the information that is in the first two.
  • The last sentence just says you called and then you visited - nothing about your usual practice of always calling first.
  • CJ
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pructus.To convey the meaning, "I made it a rule to call first, when I visited him", or "I never visited him wihout calling him first", can we use the expression, "When I had called him I visited him"?
No. That last sentence doesn't contain all the information that is in the first two. The last sentence just says you called and then you visited - nothing abo
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