I have 3 questions in onePast simple vs. past perfectIs “having have been” / “having have eaten” grammatically correct? Is it a verb tense?switching narrative tensesWhy not “skydove”?Meaning of simple sentence in different tenses“Since” without present perfect due to cleft sentence?Things in English that Are often very confusing for Non-Native SpeakersPast perfect after establishing that we are talking about the pastPast Perfect Tense Used Instead of Past Simple in 'The Kite Runner'How to choose tense while using “in case” in a sentence?
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Past simple vs. past perfectIs “having have been” / “having have eaten” grammatically correct? Is it a verb tense?switching narrative tensesWhy not “skydove”?Meaning of simple sentence in different tenses“Since” without present perfect due to cleft sentence?Things in English that Are often very confusing for Non-Native SpeakersPast perfect after establishing that we are talking about the pastPast Perfect Tense Used Instead of Past Simple in 'The Kite Runner'How to choose tense while using “in case” in a sentence?
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- "They soothed him with hugs and the first kind words he had heard since the beginning of his chastisement" - why is past perfect used here instead of past simple? had heard instead of heard
2."We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain" - Why is past simple used here instead of past perfect. Wouldn't it be correct to use here "after we had begun playing"?
3."One of the young men who'd been injured in an attack on our supply lines was a laborer on the construction site" - Again why is past perfect used instead of past simple "one of the young men who were injured..."
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- "They soothed him with hugs and the first kind words he had heard since the beginning of his chastisement" - why is past perfect used here instead of past simple? had heard instead of heard
2."We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain" - Why is past simple used here instead of past perfect. Wouldn't it be correct to use here "after we had begun playing"?
3."One of the young men who'd been injured in an attack on our supply lines was a laborer on the construction site" - Again why is past perfect used instead of past simple "one of the young men who were injured..."
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- "They soothed him with hugs and the first kind words he had heard since the beginning of his chastisement" - why is past perfect used here instead of past simple? had heard instead of heard
2."We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain" - Why is past simple used here instead of past perfect. Wouldn't it be correct to use here "after we had begun playing"?
3."One of the young men who'd been injured in an attack on our supply lines was a laborer on the construction site" - Again why is past perfect used instead of past simple "one of the young men who were injured..."
verbs tenses
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- "They soothed him with hugs and the first kind words he had heard since the beginning of his chastisement" - why is past perfect used here instead of past simple? had heard instead of heard
2."We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain" - Why is past simple used here instead of past perfect. Wouldn't it be correct to use here "after we had begun playing"?
3."One of the young men who'd been injured in an attack on our supply lines was a laborer on the construction site" - Again why is past perfect used instead of past simple "one of the young men who were injured..."
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