Why do you use the past perfect in a case like this
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Why use the perfect when the simple past will do? (that is a rhetorical question)
A: Did you see the moon last Tuesday night?
B: It rained that night and I didn't get to observe it.
Again, the perfect suggests that the rain came before the attempt to observe and is therefore unnecessary without further explanation. If you can't see that, I guess we should leave this now. I think the OP and any future readers of this thread have the picture.
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You are over anaylizing 'had' in a simple conversation. In the context of observing the moon, rain had, in some form or fashion, eliminated the opportunity to observe the moon. It is immaterial as to precisely when the rain had started or ended.
- You are over anaylizing 'had' in a simple conversation.
- In the context of observing the moon, rain had, in some form or fashion, eliminated the opportunity to observe the moon.
- It is immaterial as to precisely when the rain had started or ended.
- Had simply means that rain occurred that night which created conditions during or after it's occurrence of which was not sutible to the hopeful observer of the moon.
- It could have rained and the person tends to become depressed for a period of time, even when the rain had stopped and the sky's were clear.
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You are over anaylizing 'had' in a simple conversation.
In the context of observing the moon, rain had, in some form or fashion, eliminated the opportunity to observe the moon. It is immaterial as to precisely when the rain had started or ended. Had simply means that rain occurred that night which created conditions during or after it's occurrence of which was not sutible to the hopeful
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