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I think New2grammar said that, to him, a past perfect always precedes a present. It seems that is not always correct, isn't it?? CalifJim wrote: To be sure, I think we'd need at least one paragraph that precedes this sentence. Maybe the first part about the dogs should have...

This is a good paragraph and the tenses of your verbs are consistent. The only sentence that has a problem is, "We had worked together...and have always had good relationships...even after I have left... That first verb, had worked, is past perfect tense. The rest of the paragraph is simple...

Hi, 1. Past Perfect Not a good idea for the paragraph we are looking at. generally, it's a common error to use Past Perfect when Simple Past is better. 2. (would+V2): I would ride... Yes, that's OK, if you want to write about 'past habits/routines'. Best wishes, Clive

Goldmund wrote: Speaker B says "I just found this website." *He found the website recently. In British English you may also say «I have just found this website». "I’ve not looked at it much yet." *He expects to look at it again, therefore he uses the present perfect. The...

Hi Paco, I'll try. #1 The PP sets the timeframe to before this last hold-up. It's the 'since' that expresses the continuity of the activity in that timeframe. #2 to #4 why did the writer use past perfect tense for them? Did he/she use it to shift the time back to the point Jesse and...

Hi, I wrote this before I saw Khoff's post, so here's yet another point of view. And then one evening, after I had begged her to buy me a transistor radio, after she refused and I had sulked in silence for an hour,she said, "Why do you think you are missing something you never had?" Here's...