He had received our help over past years Based on the above, I would say past perfect continuous is more appropriate as this process went on for quite sometime. However, it didn't meet the basic requirement for past perfect which is two

I'd recommend the past perfect tense, "that I had dozed a little." This shows that one past tense event took place before the other. First, you dozed. Then you realized it.

Hi, A sentence containing only a past perfect verb suggests an earlier time in the past. In the above example it could be over a hundred years but I think a broader context would probably answer that question. "The Rockerafella

The following is a line from a documentary film: "The Rockerafella fortune had begun over a hundred years earlier with Nelson's grandfather, John D Rockafella, the founder of the Standard Oil Corporation." I'm confused about the

Hi Clive, Thank you for your help. I'll remeber to use Simple Past. I apologize for the typos I made in #1. For #2. I copied it down from a newsletter. Regards, Tinanam

Hi, In both of your examples, I see no reason to use Past Perfect. I'd just use Simple Past. If you have typed them correctly, other parts of the wording suggest to me that these sentences were not written by native speakers.

Hi teachers, Could you please tell me why past perfect is used with "last year" instead of past tense? My tutorial teacher used to tell me it was wrong about the choice of tense. "Germany's biggest solar company,

Hi, I have doubt in a sentence. "I have reviewed the attachment which u had sent" Can you please let me if the grammar usage in this sentence is correct. I'm puzzled. You care about tenses, but not about spelling the word

Hi Tinanam0102 You asked about the word "it", but you also underlined "it" twice, and "it" refers to different things in each case. Here is my opinion: "it had intended" it = the (Spanish) government The

Hi, Yes. But you need a context in which it makes sense to use the Past Perfect. Best wishes, Clive