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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
When the police arrived, the thieves had run away.
1) He had just finished his breakfast when when she pressed the doorbell.
2) When the police arrived, the thieves had run away.
My grammar book says that had finished is a past perfect tense but it does not call had run a past perfect tense and there is no proper term written in English though.
So do you native English speakers distinguish between the first and the second in grammar term or grammar usage?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
2) When the police arrived, the thieves had run away.
My grammar book says that had finished is a past perfect tense but it does not call had run a past perfect tense and there is no proper term written in English though.
So do you native English speakers distinguish between the first and the second in grammar term or grammar usage?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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"Had run" is in the past perfect. If your grammar book says otherwise, it's wrong.
- "Had run" is in the past perfect.
- If your grammar book says otherwise, it's wrong.
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"Had run" is in the past perfect. If your grammar book says otherwise, it's wrong.
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Hans51My grammar book says that had finished is a past perfect tense but it does not call had run a past perfect tense and there is no proper term written in English though.When you see "have" as a helping verb, you know it is some sort of perfect tense form.
If "have" is a present tense form, it is present perfect.
If "have" is a p
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