Olympian
Senior Member
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2008
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- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Hindi
- Home Country
- India
- Current Location
- India
Hello,
I need some help with the following two lines.
"By the end of 2011, the area of the Energy-Efficient Buildings had totaled up to ____ million square meters, the scale of which had ranked the top of the country. Accounting for ____% of the total area of buildings in the country, the area of the Energy-Efficient Buildings had been much higher than the national level."
The above lines are a part of a presentation. According to this video past perfect is used in reported speech. But I am confused about whether it is OK to use "had ranked" / "had been" here, or should it be past simple - "ranked" / "were".
Please note: I have asked a different question regarding the above lines here. The question is about the usage of 'top of the country' or 'top in the country'. I hope it is OK to post these as two separate posts. If not, please close this and I will include this question in the earlier post.
Thank you
I need some help with the following two lines.
"By the end of 2011, the area of the Energy-Efficient Buildings had totaled up to ____ million square meters, the scale of which had ranked the top of the country. Accounting for ____% of the total area of buildings in the country, the area of the Energy-Efficient Buildings had been much higher than the national level."
The above lines are a part of a presentation. According to this video past perfect is used in reported speech. But I am confused about whether it is OK to use "had ranked" / "had been" here, or should it be past simple - "ranked" / "were".
Please note: I have asked a different question regarding the above lines here. The question is about the usage of 'top of the country' or 'top in the country'. I hope it is OK to post these as two separate posts. If not, please close this and I will include this question in the earlier post.
Thank you