Peter told me he had bought the car which the ABC company produced.

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Matthew Wai

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'Peter told me he had bought the car which the ABC company produced.'
Is it correct to use the simple past 'produced' which happened before 'he had bought the car'?
 

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Many would use the past perfect there because the car was produced before Peter bought it. But the context makes that clear, so the simple past also works.
 
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