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Hi,Should I use a past perfect or can I prevail if I use a past?1.Fictitious Scene: I have a lot money and involved in a number of philanthropic efforts. I went to one place I give money regularly to and found that people were looking at me like I am the only benefactor, which I am not (as I am...

No. We say: When he arrived, he noticed that the window was open. Even though the arriving happened before the noticing, there is no past perfect in this sentence. Often just the order of the narrative indicates the order of the events in time. Others:Gerald awoke suddenly that morning and...

The condition is that the if clause may be fulfilled. In your sentences it is already impossible to fulfil the if clause making the sentences purely hypothesis. This is known as a type III conditional and is formed thus: if + past perfect + would + have + past participle. A conditional formed...

Thank you for your interest to share us But, your sentence may mean that the main concern of the topic is the council while it is really not And by deleting the preposition "at", this ignores that the complaints were lodged to that council Also, the past perfect tense in "had...

, (then) ... would have ... UNREAL, COUNTERFACTUAL *The past is sometimes called the past subjunctive in this position. Only the verb to be has a special form (were in all persons and numbers) in this position.Other combinations of tenses in these kinds of if patterns have no...

So in other words this is a past perfect sentence.Now I am curious about the simple past senentce.If you asked, I would have help.If you asked, I would help.Is it possible to use both of the above for an event which took place a few minutes...

This situation is a little different than your type III conditional formula is intended for. The speaker is not in Ian's position, so the phrase is a "condition contrary to fact". In that situation a formal speaker or writer would use the subjunctive mood of the verb rather than indicative or...

Hi again, You stated the document number earlier. You had stated the document number earlier. I don't think there is any difference in meaning between those two. The only difference is that the first one is simple past tense, and the other is past perfect tense... There's a lot of...

I cannot follow all your arrows and codes and colours, so let me just say this:1. Amber called you twice while you were out.-- She called at two points in past time during the length of past time that you were out; no indication of when you returned2. Amber has called you twice while you were...

i. Our basketball team tried hard but was defeated in the long run. Nobody could say anything. "All that can be done has been done," said the coach.can I change it to "had been done"? As I think it is a past event.-- No. It is not a past event. Be carefula bout can and has done. It is completely...