By Simple past, Negations

I tried to respond about five times, agreeing that in negation and in questions, we do use simple past, and that I was thinking of affirmative statements. I kept getting an error message and my original, better post was lost. Did you try this yet? Before hitting the post button. 1. ...

I tried to respond about five times, agreeing that in negation and in questions, we do use simple past, and that I was thinking of affirmative statements. I kept getting an error message and my original, better post was lost. I'm giving up now and just writing this.

CalifJim wrote:this also at the same time tell people that you may not feel proud NOW living in Malaysia since you use past tense.whl626,A statement in the past tense does not imply the negation of the same statement in the present tense.See Post:379670.CJ I know but comparing the simple...

Let's assume that a quote precedes this so that we have a complete sentence. "***," Susan said, weary before the evening had even begun. Instances of the past perfect in a before-clause abound, in spite of the fact that they contradict the so-called rule that the past perfect always...