LE AVOCADO
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- Jun 26, 2021
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- Vietnam
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Dear everybody
I have a context as below:
A:Who read my diary?
B:I didn't read it
A:It is only you who read it.
B:I told you I didn't read it/ I told you I hadn't had read it.
Which one is correct ?
Do we need to shift back tense to past perfect in this situation?
Grammar books write that the standard way is to back shift, but sometimes we don't need to back shift
But I don't know if we need to back shift for this situation, if not, why?
I have a context as below:
A:Who read my diary?
B:I didn't read it
A:It is only you who read it.
B:I told you I didn't read it/ I told you I hadn't had read it.
Which one is correct ?
Do we need to shift back tense to past perfect in this situation?
Grammar books write that the standard way is to back shift, but sometimes we don't need to back shift
But I don't know if we need to back shift for this situation, if not, why?
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