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#2 (permalink) Mon Apr 30, 2007 14:12 pm Past Perfect: We left the party before the guests had started to come... |
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I suggest ...
"We had left the party before the guests started to come." |
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Zajac I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Mon Apr 30, 2007 14:43 pm Past Perfect: We left the party before the guests had started to come... |
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(Alan has commented on the logic of your sentence, so I've deleted my suggestion.) _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Mon Apr 30, 2007 15:02 pm Past Perfect: We left the party before the guests had started to come... |
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hi zajac,
ok....I think your sentence is correct...that means i need to go a longway in english learning....is it ?
many thanks Benny |
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#5 (permalink) Mon Apr 30, 2007 15:33 pm Past Perfect: We left the party before the guests had started to come... |
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Hi Benny,
Don't worry too much as you are following the rigid rule that the earlier of two times is put into the past perfect as in: First we left the party Second: The guests started to arrive. Following that rule 'left' would be past perfect. But the meaning is obvious from the use of the conjunction 'before'.
Alan _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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#6 (permalink) Tue May 01, 2007 10:11 am Past Perfect: We left the party before the guests had started to come... |
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Dear Alan,
Thanks agian....
Best Regards Benny |
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