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Source: "The Stake Killer", a movie (timestamp: 19m50s).
A group of young people went for a hike in the forest. They bumped into a ranger there who said that if they needed any help, he could help them. The ranger noticed that Mike was smoking and told him that it wasn't permitted to smoke in the forest, to which Mike reacted very rudely: he said some bad things to the ranger. That all happened while it was light. When it got dark, the young people found a spot where they decided to spend the night. At that spot, they had the following conversation:
Guy #1: "Mike, what was that about?"
Mike: "What?"
Guy #1: "The guy that tried to help us."
Girl #1: "There was no need to act so aggressive. I never knew you like this."
We use the past perfect when there's an action or state in the past that comes before another action or state in the past, so I wonder if this sentence would make sense in the context given:
Girl #1: "There was no need to act so aggressive. I'd never known you like that."
Why did the speaker choose the simple past?
A group of young people went for a hike in the forest. They bumped into a ranger there who said that if they needed any help, he could help them. The ranger noticed that Mike was smoking and told him that it wasn't permitted to smoke in the forest, to which Mike reacted very rudely: he said some bad things to the ranger. That all happened while it was light. When it got dark, the young people found a spot where they decided to spend the night. At that spot, they had the following conversation:
Guy #1: "Mike, what was that about?"
Mike: "What?"
Guy #1: "The guy that tried to help us."
Girl #1: "There was no need to act so aggressive. I never knew you like this."
We use the past perfect when there's an action or state in the past that comes before another action or state in the past, so I wonder if this sentence would make sense in the context given:
Girl #1: "There was no need to act so aggressive. I'd never known you like that."
Why did the speaker choose the simple past?
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