By Marriage, Simple past

Dear all, For whatever its worth – Here is my opinion as I promised to deliver: The issue we have been dealing with here boils down to one question – “In one sentence, grammatically and semantically, could we use both simple past and present perfect for one item?” Evidently, the...

Hoa Thai wrote: Dear all, First, I would like to thank you in advance for reading this rather lengthy post of mine. I do need to lay out my thinking and reasoning as wide as I can so you can best help me to untangle my own confusion...

Dear all,First, I would like to thank you in advance for reading this rather lengthy post of mine. I do need to lay out my thinking and reasoning as wide as I can so you can best help me to untangle my own confusion...

Tommyensr wrote: for example, When we arrived at the concert, the band had been performing for half an hour already. Fortunately, the concert was three hours long, so we saw most of it. from the example, the concert had not ended yet completely. How had started in the past and kept...

Anonymous wrote: Are these two sentences correct? A: He got married before he had graduated from college. B: He was married before he had graduated from college. I have to disagree with GG on this one. I think that "had graduated from college" would be used to indicate that the graduation...

Why can "happened" be used? Didn't it happen before "remember"? According to the rules, we should use "had happened". But "happened" does exist. Can you explain it more clearly, Mr Just the Truth? JT: Sorry for the delay, Qingqing. {how do you say your name? I know a little Chinese girl named...