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Perfect Stranger Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Why past perfect in this sentence?

Hello,


I've just been watching a TV show and heard the following sentence:


That was the first time I'd felt guilty about my job.


I have no clue as to why the past perfect tense is used in that sentence.


Thanks

  

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Perfect Stranger I have no clue as to why the past perfect tense is used in that sentence. There's no need for it. Use the past tense instead: I felt.

— Cool Breeze

  • Perfect Stranger I have no clue as to why the past perfect tense is used in that sentence.
  • There's no need for it.
  • Use the past tense instead: I felt.
  • CB
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Perfect StrangerI have no clue as to why the past perfect tense is used in that sentence.

There's no need for it. Use the past tense instead: I felt.

CB

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Hi, this sentence is just backshifting of

"That is the first time I've felt guilty about my job"

Here is the structure:

It is the first/second/third, etc time (that) + present perfect simple

It was the first/second/third, etc time (that) + past perfect simple

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