My preference is to not use the past perfect if the order of events is clear. Simple past is fine. When you have words that provide cues like "before" or "after" or "until" it's clear enough. The past perfect is

was told that I shouldn't decide on the tense and aspect of the main clause by what the subordinate clause is. That is, the tense and aspect should be in relation to the greater text. What I said in the earlier post was a rule of thumb.

Why did you choose 'was' for the second verb? The time sequence in this sentence is blurred by the unusual usage of the Past Perfect anyway and I felt there was no need to cloud it even more with another (this time usual) Past Perfect

"Before the storm had ended/ended but after the worst had been/was over, the captain radioed for help." I need help figuring out the correct aspects for the two pairs of verbs in bold. I understand that normally

Could you tell me whether following sentences are correct or not? Thanks. == If it rained now, I wouldn't go fishing. If it were raining now, I wouldn't go fishing. If it rain now, I would't go fishing.

Hi, Actually, I would do it as such: Then she came here and masterminded a revolt, and the surviving peasants rewarded her with the keys to the city. She is the subject of the first part of the sentence and so her two verbs should be linked with

" If the cavern was of artificial construction, considerable pains had been taken to make it look natural." To me it looks like a subjuntive mood. No. It shouldn't look like subjunctive mood. There's nothing subjunctive

Please visit these sites for your particular question(s): http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/conditional_special.htm http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences They should help you. If you have some

Joe left the house, but before he had reached the place, his wife called him to call John. When he got to the place, he used a public phone nearby to call John. ... Your examples would be easier to deal with if you used fewer generic words like

'Killed' is simple past because we use simple past for past perfect in dependent clauses where the main verb is past perfect; we do not repeat it.