Hi,
Let us with the sentence below and you can tell me which ones -- among 'until', 'after', 'before' and possible others -- can make the use of the past and past perfect possible?
They played tennis until all the girls had said that they had enough of the game. Let's stick with your original example in which the 'until clause' was simpler, OK?
ie They continued playing until all the girls had called bingo.
Are there any other words, beside the word 'until' that will make the situation clear for this sentence and thus, allowing the dual use of the past and past perfect?
So, you want to lookonly at a sentence of that specific type. And I assume you mean just one word and not a phrase, like 'up to the time that . . . '
No, I can't think of such a word.
If I could change other parts of the sentence, I could say They did not continue playing after all the girls called bingo. But I wouldn't say that has exactly the same meaning as the original.
It doesn't sound quite right to say They continued playing before all the girls called bingo.
Best wishes, Clive