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Ticce Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Which sentence is correct?
Put it in a right way please.
She asked me if I had liked the food I bought at Smith’s two days ago.
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She asked me if I liked the food I bought at Smith’s two days ago.
Or
She asked me if I had liked the food I had bought at Smith's two days ago.
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Your option….
She asked me if I had liked the food I bought at Smith’s two days ago.
Or
She asked me if I liked the food I bought at Smith’s two days ago.
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She asked me if I had liked the food I had bought at Smith's two days ago.
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Your option….
Top answer
This is all you need: She asked me if I liked the food I bought at Smith’s two days ago. The past perfects are uncalled for.
- This is all you need: She asked me if I liked the food I bought at Smith’s two days ago.
- The past perfects are uncalled for.
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This is all you need:
She asked me if I liked the food I bought at Smith’s two days ago.
The past perfects are uncalled for.
She asked me if I liked the food I bought at Smith’s two days ago.
The past perfects are uncalled for.
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It will do, but when shall I use Past Perfect then?
If it was like -
He asked me if I had been there? -------Whould it be correct?
If it was like -
He asked me if I had been there? -------Whould it be correct?
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Use past perfect when the order of precedence of the two past events is unclear, or when you wish to stress the precedence of one of the events.
The sentence you have presented now is reported speech, a situation in which past perfect is still common:
'Have you been there?"
He asked me if I had been there.
The sentence you have presented now is reported speech, a situation in which past perfect is still common:
'Have you been there?"
He asked me if I had been there.
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This is what I can't get here. Because in my first message we can also find a contrast of tenses what I mean is
She asked me if I (had) liked the food I had bought at Smith's two days ago.
It means that she asked me about something what had happened before she asked me..... so why not use Past Perfect? I am not arguing, I am trying to dig deeper.... and I apreciate your feedbac
She asked me if I (had) liked the food I had bought at Smith's two days ago.
It means that she asked me about something what had happened before she asked me..... so why not use Past Perfect? I am not arguing, I am trying to dig deeper.... and I apreciate your feedbac
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Yes, I suppose there is a reason to use that.
Direct quote: "Do you like the food you bought at Smith's today?"
Reported speech: She asked me if I liked the food I bought at Smith's two days ago (dependent clauses don't regress, I think)
Or: "Did you like the food you bought at Smith's today?"
Reported speech: She asked me if I had liked the fo
Direct quote: "Do you like the food you bought at Smith's today?"
Reported speech: She asked me if I liked the food I bought at Smith's two days ago (dependent clauses don't regress, I think)
Or: "Did you like the food you bought at Smith's today?"
Reported speech: She asked me if I had liked the fo
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