Why is there Past Perfect ?
I don't know why in some sentences there are Past Perfect sentence without any reference to past simple/past continuous etc. that indicates the past action.
For example :
It's fine. I had given up right from the start.
Or
But if you won't say it loud, it'll go unresolved forever. [The words that had weighed most heavily on Cassie's soul for the last year came spilling out]
Like I said I know the definition of Past Perfect tense.
- to emphesize that the activity happened before another activity in the past
- in reported speach
How do these principles apply to these examples?
Top answer
anonymous How do these principles apply to these examples? anonymous It's fine. I had given up right from the start.
- anonymous How do these principles apply to these examples?
- anonymous It's fine.
- I had given up right from the start.
- This sounds like It's fine that I failed .
- I had given up right from the start.
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anonymousHow do these principles apply to these examples?
anonymousIt's fine. I had given up right from the start.
This sounds like It's fine that I failed. I had given up right from the start.
The giving up had already happened before any trying or failing happened.
This is just a guess
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