22-Aug-2006, 04:25
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 Re: A strange use of tense
In the news I have quoted, why is there Past Perfect used?
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"We ask that European solidarity is expressed as soon as possible about Lebanon," Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy TOLD France Info radio, adding he had asked EU president Finland to call a meeting in Brussels early next week.
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