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My friend asked me how many times he watched the movie in all.
Here is the sentence.
"When I watched the movie again last night, I had watched it twice."
I think it's twice. Because from the time before the past to the time when he watched the movie, "had watched" means a acumulated freqence. But someone says it's three, for before the past when he watched the movie he had already watced it twice, and now the past when he watched the movie he watched it again.
I think if it's three, the sentence should be "Before I watched the movie again last night, I had watched it twice."
What's wrong, if any, with my thought? And if there's any error or ambiguous part in the above first sentence, what would you suggest to make it a better one?
Thanks to everyone who'll answer
Here is the sentence.
"When I watched the movie again last night, I had watched it twice."
I think it's twice. Because from the time before the past to the time when he watched the movie, "had watched" means a acumulated freqence. But someone says it's three, for before the past when he watched the movie he had already watced it twice, and now the past when he watched the movie he watched it again.
I think if it's three, the sentence should be "Before I watched the movie again last night, I had watched it twice."
What's wrong, if any, with my thought? And if there's any error or ambiguous part in the above first sentence, what would you suggest to make it a better one?
Thanks to everyone who'll answer