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Perfect Stranger Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
"You said you had..." still have it or not?
Hi, I want to approach the matter of tense back-shifting once again.
You said you had an external optical drive for this PC.
Now, according to what I know, this sentence probably means that the person still has the external optical drive. Now... how can I express the fact that the person had an external drive without using any extra time expressions? Should I say:
You said you had had an external optical drive for this PC.
Thanks
You said you had an external optical drive for this PC.
Now, according to what I know, this sentence probably means that the person still has the external optical drive. Now... how can I express the fact that the person had an external drive without using any extra time expressions? Should I say:
You said you had had an external optical drive for this PC.
Thanks
Top answer
You said you had had an external optical drive for this PC when you loaned it to your brother.
- You said you had had an external optical drive for this PC when you loaned it to your brother.
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You said you had had an external optical drive for this PC when you loaned it to your brother.
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To be meaningful, past perfect needs to be placed in relation to another, subsequent past action or condition.
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You said that you have .... and I believe that you still have .... .
You said that you had ... You possessed it at the time of speaking. I don't know if you still have ...
You said that you had had ... at some time before speaking.
You said that you had ... You possessed it at the time of speaking. I don't know if you still have ...
You said that you had had ... at some time before speaking.
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