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Gorkem Atay

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1."As soon as she saw her mother, she began to cry."
2."As soon as she had seen her mother, she began to cry."

Is there big difference between two sentence above? Can we say both of them useful?
 

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Is that your kitten in your picture? How have I not noticed that before?

Anyway - use #1.
We use past perfect to emphasize that one event occurred before the other. In this case, they happened just about simultaneously.
 

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Is that your kitten in your picture? How have I not noticed that before?

Yes, he is my kitten. Also he has one brother. We feed them in our garden =)
 
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Yes, he is my kitten. Also he has one brother. We feed them in our garden. [STRIKE]=)[/STRIKE]

Please don't use an emoticon as a substitute for a punctuation mark.

If you want to add a smiley, use the :) icon.
 

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I love cats. :)
 
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