Poll: The police had arrived and the mob had turned nasty.

The police had arrived and the mob had turned nasty.

Correct sentence.
The first 'had' is wrong.
The second 'had' is wrong.

Votes: 365
Comments: 3
Added: June 2004

Comments:

Stryfe - 9th February 2007 22:03
While it might be a little awkward, I don't know why it shouldn't be correct. It's just a compound sentence (The police had arrived. The mob had turned nasty.) and both verbs are parallel (had arrived/had turned, pluperfect).
 
Lord Felipe - 30th June 2009 02:34
It's a past perfect tense verb. Or the police had arrived and the mob turned nasty. First the police arrived and then the mob turned nasty.
 
Thom - 26th February 2010 04:39
"The police had arrived and the mob turned nasty."
 
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