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Yoong Liat wrote All the grammarians prescribe that the past perfect tense should be used Hence bought fish is not correct Oh well you mention grammarians and prescribe so you are considering prescriptive grammar I never consider prescriptive grammar I always try to learn English from a...

Of all the times I have bought fish here this is the first the present perfect allows me to consider a time span that ends at the present moment Of all the times I had bought fish there that was the first the past perfect allows me to consider a time span that ends at that point in the past Of...

Hi this is a duplicated post I posted this in the grammar section but since no one seems to care about this there I decided to post it here too Here s the original post PS the character speaks pretty fast maybe listening with headphones will help notice strange features or slight variations in...

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In A Practical English Grammar A J Thomson and A V Martinet say that the past perfect is used after when when we wish to emphasize that the first action was completed before the second one started When he had shut the window we opened the door of the cage Is it preferred to When he shut the...

Clive wrote Hi 1 Can I say Would you mind me opening the window Why not We say it a lot but many people who love grammar feel that it is more correct to use a possessive with the gerund opening in the same way that you would say Do you mind my question Hmm so it it ok to say Would you mind...

CalifJim wrote With one person having the preference I d rather that another person you he do or not do something both bare infinitive do not do and simple past did didn t do are used Personally I can t even decide which I use more I d rather you go went with Kathy She s too young to go by...

I thank both of you for the replies Grammar Geek wrote the following He had a good then years Then he announced his resignation Before he announced his resignation he had had a good ten year Truly it s fine Now it is clear to me Yes the past perfect tense is my Achilles heel

CalifJim wrote The sentence is complicated by the fact that you can make the past of can by using could but you have to make the past of must by using must have And must have been is not a past perfect tense by the way It s one of the modal perfect tenses most of which have special uses Let s...

Buddhaheart wrote He had lived in London since he had left Cambridge I prefer the 1st version w the modifications indicated I don t think the past perfect construction in the since clause in your 2nd sentence serve any useful function However I do see this kind of construction in some grammar...