By Past perfect, Commas

I'd just use simple past: He just laughed and said, "Things like that happen." But if you DO want past perfect, "He had just laughed and said, " Generally, use a comma after the word "said" before you start the quote. Mary said, "Where is my lamb?" And yes, burglar. Note the other R. (Thanks...

Hi, Can the sentences below be written in a different way without changing their meaning? Why is "smiling, grumbling, feeling" seperated with a comma? When do we use it? They are adjectival phrases. They describe the person as he/she was doing something, in other words both things are...

Diamondrg wrote: Which do you think is correct? At the time Auguste Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty,_____________ .a- he took advice on the construction of the metal from Gustave Eiffel - YESb- a ferry from Battery Park takes people there every thirty minutes - The tense is...

Hope it'll do... Dear Rayne, How are you? I really hope that you and all of your family members are always in the pink of health. One of the significant works of art that is exhibited in the Louvre museum is the picture of Mona Lisa which was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. Have you ever...

They had been very rich in England, but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money.Yes, it is correct.They were very rich in England, but in 1844 they had to leave the country and lost all their money. It is also correct.It would be better to put a comma before "but".paco

(It is I-- MM) It would probably be interpreted the same way, Rishonly, because then we would have the past perfect standing alone with no other past event, and with the uncompleted form and the evidence still being gathered. Some logic is required, I think-- use commas...

Hi MrP. The corrected proofs were sent. Hope they’ll correct all that is needed. Back to the paper. I have read it like five times so as to note the final doubts. There are quite a lot; hope this is ok with you. 1) “For the Skeptic does not consider that the good relative to each person...

The words "have" and "had" appear one after the other when using the present or future perfect tense with "have" as a main verb. Example: I have had a bad cold for days. By next month, he will have had that car for two years. In your two sentences the main verb is "suffer". Therefore the "had"...

Hello, June. I can point out some improvements for these sentences. 1. In the first sentence, you begin with the past progressive ("was studying"). That implies action that has not yet finished. Then you move on to the past perfect ("had known"). It is not possible for the past perfect to...