![]() ![]() AlexAD: I have got a excerpt from a story, 'Standing at the opposite end of the bridge was a giant of a man. No doubt, that's part of the reason for regional variation.Į. But it's not a rule for English elsewhere.Įxamples like this are always going to occur where teachers who don't know the language teach the language - and there's no easy solution to that. It may even be normal in Hong Kong English. Raymott: The reason is that many non-native teachers are taught, and teach, that two events happening at different times in the past require the earlier event to be phrased in the past perfect. ![]() Tan Elaine: I believe many non-native English teachers will put in 'had' before 'died', but I don't know the reason for that.īarb_D:Because the sequence is clear without it. No one was looking after the injured man, because he had died.įishman: I vote for "had died", because in Hong Kong if you use just "died" and you say you're really good at American English, the teacher will just put in "had" before died anyway. This was because, before the ambulance arrived, the injured man had died. SIMPLE PERFECT FACE TEMPLATE DRIVERHowever: As the ambulance approached the scene, the driver noticed that no one at all was attending to the injured man. There's nothing in this sentence that suggests a need for it. Raymott: "Had died" is possible if the context calls for it. With the use of "before" there is no doubt what happened in what order. Am I correct?īarb_D: They can, but I vote for simple past. Tan Elaine: Before the ambulance arrived, the injured man died/had died. The second sounds fine to me as it stands, but you'd hear was given used by some speakers too IMO.ĭ. Td ol: I would use the active in the first, but keep the past perfect, though the past could be used. The boy said he would show me the bicycle he had been given as a present. He took the job that had been given up by a few people during the last year.Ģ. They seem to look perfectly correct from the grammatical point of view, but how many speakers would ever use the perfect forms in conversation?ġ. Verona_82: I'm wondering if there is a strong need to use the past perfect simple in the sentences below. Or should I write this instead: I went to visit Japan after I had watched a tour program on TV.īhaisahab : Both are OK. I went to visit Japan after I watched a tour program on TV. kwfine: I am writing a diary, but I am not sure whether I should use past perfect tense or not in the following sentence: ![]() Konungursvia: Both are common, the second is better if you are particular about being clear and logical.ī. He made a bad decision because he hadn't thought it through. joeoct: He made a bad decision because he didn't think it through. ![]()
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