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Please correct this for me? #1 (permalink) Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:34 am   Please correct this for me?
 

I had studied English grammar for many years, but I couldn't speak.
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Please correct this for me? #2 (permalink) Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:42 am   Please correct this for me?
 

Hi Gudtms,

There is no need to use the past perfect 'I had studied' because you would need to add another time/tense in the sentence as in: I had studied English before I went to college.

Your sentence could read:

I studied English grammar for many years, but I couldn't speak the language.

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Please correct this for me? #3 (permalink) Fri Jul 23, 2010 13:27 pm   Please correct this for me?
 

Hi Gudtms,

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