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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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why had to be past perfect?
Hi,
Why it had to be a past perfect here? Could it be something else like a present perfect tense?
They continued playing until all the girls had called bingo.
Why it had to be a past perfect here? Could it be something else like a present perfect tense?
They continued playing until all the girls had called bingo.
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Hi, Why it had to be a past perfect here? Could it be something else like a present perfect tense? They continued playing until all the girls had called bingo.
- Hi, Why it had to be a past perfect here?
- Could it be something else like a present perfect tense?
- They continued playing until all the girls had called bingo.
- Past Perfect stresses the sequence of events.
- However, 'until' also makes the sequence clear, so you could just use Simple Past tense here, ie until the girls called bingo.
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Hi,
Why it had to be a past perfect here? Could it be something else like a present perfect tense?
They continued playing until all the girls had called bingo.
Past Perfect stresses the sequence of events. However, 'until' also makes the sequence clear, so you could just use Simple Past tense here, ie until
Why it had to be a past perfect here? Could it be something else like a present perfect tense?
They continued playing until all the girls had called bingo.
Past Perfect stresses the sequence of events. However, 'until' also makes the sequence clear, so you could just use Simple Past tense here, ie until
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Thank you, Clive, for your help.
Are there any other words, besides the words 'until', 'after' and 'before', that will make the situation clear if used after or before a main clause?
Are there any other words, besides the words 'until', 'after' and 'before', that will make the situation clear if used after or before a main clause?
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Hi again,
They continued playing until all the girls had called bingo.
Are there any other words, besides the words 'until', 'after' and 'before', that will make the situation clear if used after or before a main clause?
If you are just asking generally about words that indicate a sequence of events, there
They continued playing until all the girls had called bingo.
Are there any other words, besides the words 'until', 'after' and 'before', that will make the situation clear if used after or before a main clause?
If you are just asking generally about words that indicate a sequence of events, there
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Thank you again, Clive.
Let us with the sentence below and you can tell me which ones -- among 'until', 'after', 'before' and possible others -- can make the use of the past and past perfect possible?
They played tennis until all the girls had said that they had enough of the game.
Are there any other words, beside the word 'until' that will make the situat
Let us with the sentence below and you can tell me which ones -- among 'until', 'after', 'before' and possible others -- can make the use of the past and past perfect possible?
They played tennis until all the girls had said that they had enough of the game.
Are there any other words, beside the word 'until' that will make the situat
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Hi,
Let us with the sentence below and you can tell me which ones -- among 'until', 'after', 'before' and possible others -- can make the use of the past and past perfect possible?
They played tennis until all the girls had said that they had enough of the game. Let's stick with your original example in which
Let us with the sentence below and you can tell me which ones -- among 'until', 'after', 'before' and possible others -- can make the use of the past and past perfect possible?
They played tennis until all the girls had said that they had enough of the game. Let's stick with your original example in which
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