By Tenses, Past perfect

There are several studies which have described that term.There were several studies which had described that term.Sometimes we use "studies" to describe the research process, and sometimes to describe the report of the reasearch and of the conclusions.When speaking of the report,...

Hi ..of what you had done before I wonder if I use "before" do I have to use the past perfect tense? Can't I write: ..of what you did before.

Interesting. The tense switch did not occur to me as a possible problem. There is certainly no implied if, as in if you (ever) dared to dream (such a situation) -- not to my ear.I would say it's an abbreviated way of saying situation that you have never dared to dream.never seems to...

I think you want to know whether they are "Type 1", "Type 2", or "Type 3" conditionals. They are not any of these named conditionals.Note that there are many different tenses in English. The if clause can be in any of these tenses; the main clause can be in any of...

She belted most of a bottle of wine down before dinner had even begun.This is an example sentence provided for the entry on the 'belt down' in a Chamber's guidebook on phrasal verbs. And from what I have learned about Past Perfect, it seems to me that it is ungrammatical that 'had...

Hi,In this sentence from one of his answering posts by Ant_222, Is a past perfect use a must after a phrase like "In the previous four years? Can we use a past tense. No, PP is not a must. However, it emphasizes the sequence of events. It also "keeps the reader or listener's...

Hi,In this sentence from one of his answering posts by Ant_222, Is a past perfect use a must after a phrase like "In the previous four years? Can we use a past tense. What other similar phrases can you think of that will make both tense uses possible? Is 'had had' here a past perfect...

He bought a parrot that the seller said it would repeat every word he uttered. Contented, he went home and but later found it didn't say a word. Furious, he went back to the owner and asked him what had happened. The owner answered that he had not lied (didn't lie OK??) to the man. The...

... Furious, he went back to the owner and asked him what had happened. The owner answered that he had not lied to the man.I would use the past perfect forms underlined above. The author expects you to be focusing on the time of the customer's return to see the owner about the parrot, and...

Hi,I think I have asked a question along this line in the past in this forum and I haven't gotten a response. Could you help?Correct the short example stories if you want please.Does the use of a past perfect a must?He bought a parrot that the seller said it would repeat every word he...