Thank you Clive for the critique. For the New York sentence, is there anything wrong or misleading in the construction that needs to be reworded. After the rewording, the original past perfect context has been erased. Maybe I tried too hard to

Please help me how to use 'if' clause.. how if the clause is in present or past tense, or in present or past perfect tense.. Many thanks for ur kind help :)

Hi, The couple next door had argued and gotten physical frequently months prior to the last night's shooting. Sounds fine either way to me. He had worked for a couple of restaurants in town as a waiter before he became a big time

Hi Clive, Thanks for taking the time on my query. I guess what I had in mind when I used "had taken computer science for 2 semesters.." rather than the simple "took" was the deliberate intent to emphasize the duration I had

Hi, Please allow me to clarify my own question. I've learned that if we have 2 events which took place in the past, the long preceding event should be described in past perfect. I don't feel that the lengthof the earleir event is a

We lived in Ireland for five years We (live) __ in Ireland for five years then we (move) __ to London in 2000. I think the answer is "lived/ moved" not "had lived / moved" Am I right.Thanks for your consideration. You're

In an attempt to reconfirm my own understanding, I've found this: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that

Hi Clive, Thanks for your comments. Please allow me to clarify my own question. I've learned that if we have 2 events which took place in the past, the long preceding event should be described in past perfect. i.e. I had taken

Hi, However, words like 'before' and 'after' usually make the sequence of events very clear. In such cases, simple past is commonly used rather than past perfect. eg She turned on the stove before she cooked dinner.

The key indicator for using past perfect is this question: Do I have two events involved in the scenarios you are describing? Clearly, that's the case here. We (live) __ in Ireland for five years then we (move ) __ to London in 2000.