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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Why is this wrong?
First of all, the exercise was:
''Fill the gaps with the correct past form of the verbs in brackets and including any other words given.''
The restaurant ______ (already/ close) by the time we ______ (arrive).
At first, I wrote ''The restaurant had already been closed by the time we had arrived.''
My friend told that correct one is actually: ''The restaurant had closed by the time we arrived.''
I honestly don't understand it. My version gives more information about the fact that the restaurant had been closed before they arrived there, the had closed seems so wrong.
The reason why I think that past perfect is wrong there, is because it gives the impression that it was closed when they arrived, but the sentence is telling that it had been closed for a longer time.
''Fill the gaps with the correct past form of the verbs in brackets and including any other words given.''
The restaurant ______ (already/ close) by the time we ______ (arrive).
At first, I wrote ''The restaurant had already been closed by the time we had arrived.''
My friend told that correct one is actually: ''The restaurant had closed by the time we arrived.''
I honestly don't understand it. My version gives more information about the fact that the restaurant had been closed before they arrived there, the had closed seems so wrong.
The reason why I think that past perfect is wrong there, is because it gives the impression that it was closed when they arrived, but the sentence is telling that it had been closed for a longer time.
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''I honestly don't understand it. The reason why I think that past perfect is wrong there, is because it gives the impression that it was closed when they arrived, but the sentence is telling that it had been closed for a longer time. " In my opinion, it means that the complete action of closing the restaurant precedes the past perfect action of arriving.
- ''I honestly don't understand it.
- The reason why I think that past perfect is wrong there, is because it gives the impression that it was closed when they arrived, but the sentence is telling that it had been closed for a longer time.
- " In my opinion, it means that the complete action of closing the restaurant precedes the past perfect action of arriving.
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AnonymousFirst of all, the exercise was:''Fill the gaps with the correct past form of the verbs in brackets and including any other words given.''The restaurant _ (already/ close) by the time we _ (arrive).At first, I wrote ''The restaurant had already been closed by the time we had arrived.''My friend told that correct one is actually: ''The restaurant had closed
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