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They are all correct. For lengthier discussions with lots of examples of the use of the past perfect tense after before, see Re: before past perfect tense , past tense and Re: Past Simple or Past Perfect. This is a common pattern for expressing "interruptive relationships" between...

Hi,Please check for the correctness of tensesToday, I went to visit the *** Plaza. It was full of people wanting to shop for the last fashion items. I didn't buy much (many things?) since I didn't have much money with me. On the way home, I met some handicapped people. After hearing...

Hi everybody,Why do all the Grammar books use the expressions "simple present" and "simple past", although all the other tenses start with the tense-marker and add the aspect-marker then: present progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive, past progressive, past...

Hi everybody,I'm a teacher of English at a German Grammar School and after 12 years of experience I'm still wondering about the following puzzle:Why do all the Grammar books stick to the "confusing" expressions simple past and simple present, although it seems quite more logical...

. You don't have to try to stay in the same tense in a sentence unless the actions happen in the same tense. A single sentence can contain several verb tenses.Your sentence sounds like a fictional narrative, which might read like this:In the post-revolution era, John realized that he too had...

The most interesting discussions always occur when I sleep! Anyway, actually none of your examples annoys my ear and I definitely don't insist on "It must be Henry". Your sentences are fine because they are not in the perfect, past perfect or perfect conditional. I have avoided...

Yes. Your backshift interpretation seems right to me. But I don't see this as necessarily subjunctive. It comes off as a sort of borderline case to my ear.CJ PS. ... would have baked you a cake is the usual expression!

Interesting! You never taught me those conditionals! Does that mean that in English (like in Italian), it is possible to use the simple past instead of the subjunctive formed with the past perfect, in informal and casual English? The only example I know it's kind of common is substituting...

Hi, Akdom. 1. If he knew this,it would have had to be only an accident. If he knew this, it would have been only an accident. It sounds better. Indeed, it's alright. Would have had to - it's Future in the Past Perfect Tense. But it's rare used that way.

Here are some Present - Past pairs:Simple present - Simple past (Future of the Past -- (with would)-- is also called "Conditional".)(Progressive is also called Continuous.) Caution: Not all discussions of tense use the same names for the tenses. CJ