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Ruslana wrote:I'd say: "When she hung up the phone, she realized she had forgotten to take down the caller's name and number".Realise is a correct, British spelling of the verb.CheersCB

Anonymous wrote: when she____(hang up) the phone she _____(realise) she_______(forget) to take down the caller's name and number: thanks PAST SIMPLE + PAST SIMPLE + PAST PERFECT

I'd say: "When she hung up the phone, she realized she had forgotten to take down the caller's name and number".

when she____(hang up) the phone she _____(realise) she_______(forget) to take down the caller's name and number: thanks

Former Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey has died at his Dublin home at the age of 80 after a long illness. Mr Haughey had been suffering from prostate cancer and associated complications for a number of years. Premier for three separate terms between 1979 and 1992, he was widely...

Original sentence: 1. If we now redirect the standard input of the wc -l command to come from user.lst, we would have effectively counted the number of users. (Why is past perfect used here and what does the sentence mean?) My change: 2. If we now redirect the standard input of the wc -l...

Hi Rex, Don't worry about the Section number, just look up Past Perfect in the index. Clive

You can't say I had been to Bangalore two days back. The amount of time has nothing to do with it. It doesn't have to be eight years ago, or any number of years. You can say, "I had been to Bangalore two days before (that)" without any problem if the context is right, regardless of how...

Jack112 wrote: Sorry for my lack of understanding. Could you give me a few more examples as to how to distinguish between them? 1. I have never had more girlfriends than I have now. (Correct) 2. I have never had more girlfriends than I do now. (Is this one correct as well? How do I...

Roro wrote:Because I was/had been so busy, I hadn't cleaned my desk for two weeks. ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ .... Where is that important number I wrote on the dust!? I think using was is correct here. If you use "had been", the audience would not know which event...