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Old 07-Nov-2007, 17:40
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Default Re: happened or had happened?

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Originally Posted by vaok View Post
Eliza remembers everything exactly as if it ______ yesterday.
A. was happening B. happens
C. had happened D. happened

which and why????
The correct answer is happened. The adverb of time yesterday requires the use of past tense.
You cannot use past perfect because it usually states:
--an action completed before a certain point in the past:

e.g.When I arrived , he had just left

or
-- an action completed in an unspecified time before a certain point in the past:
She had lost her car keys so she had to take a taxi.

or
-- in Indirect Speech:

"She left ten minutes ago"
He told me that she had left ten minutes before.

Last edited by Teia; 07-Nov-2007 at 17:48.
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