English Language & Usage Asked by tans on March 7, 2021
Do these two convey the same meaning? And if not, what’s the difference?
Past perfect is not used in single simple sentences. Since it refers intrinsically to a second past time, prior to some other past event, a clause using the past perfect construction must have some other close clause or sentence to refer to.
Consequently,
all by itself, is a very strange sentence. Why did the speaker use past perfect? What else happened later?
The past perfect pops up in narratives to place events in sequence:
But it doesn't occur by itself.
Correct answer by John Lawler on March 7, 2021
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