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It is possible and correct. This is not a true passive. interested is normally treated as a plain adjective, not as a part of a verb. The verb here is therefore be (in the past perfect tense, had been).The job is the agent if you treat this as a passive form of the verb to interest. But as I...

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...

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...

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

Thank you so much CB, I'm taking them all in now. But, In the one sentence you crossed out the word "had", I was taught it had to be present to differentiate the order of occuraces or actions taken place in a sentence that has more than 1 clause. Let me expand on it by ways of...

I am taking her to the movie. continuous / progressive present or present continuous / progressive He will be working for your father's law firm. future continuous / progressive I took the test and passed! simple past She has taken the medicine for her cold. perfect He had been living...

Thanks Goodman for these information.They really help me a lot understand this grammatical rule.I have some further questions if you don't mind

This is my take:The use of "would rather" is not restricted by time. In certain aspects, it contains a conditional element as well. Here is some info. Hope that helps your question.<EDITED by mod to credit your source.>