31-Mar-2007, 22:50
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 Re: Is Past Perfect usage appropriate in this sent.
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Originally Posted by saidon  I was wondeing if Past Perfect can be used for an action that occured at a specific time. For example
I had seen him in America in 2006.
I know that Past Perfect is generally used to express something that had happended before something else happened.
For eg.
I had seen him in 2006 before he died in 2007. | No, you cannot. I seen him in America in 2006. I had seen him before he died in 2007. |