Anon f8r Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect can be used only when you have an action which precedes another action in the past?
Is it a must to have another action there?
I had never met him before he became our teacher in 2006.
I had never met him before 2006.
I had never met him before then.
Are the above sentences correct?
If the second and third sentences are incorrect, then which tense should I use?
Thank you.
I had never met him before he became our teacher in 2006.
I had never met him before 2006.
I had never met him before then.
Are the above sentences correct?
If the second and third sentences are incorrect, then which tense should I use?
Thank you.
Top answer
They are correct. For past perfect, you only need a time reference in the past to act as the ending point relative to the main action.
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They are correct. For past perfect, you only need a time reference in the past to act as the ending point relative to the main action.
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The reference may be in a prior sentence. I settled in Boston in 1950. Before that, I had wandered around aimlessly.
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