Before midnight Paul translated the article/Paul translated the article before mid...

[Dominik92]

Hello
Is it possible to use past simple in both sentences or one of them needs past perfect?

Before midnight Paul translated the article.

Paul translated the article before midnight.

Thank you!

 

[emsr2d2]

They're both correct but in the first you need a comma after "midnight".

 

[Rover_KE]

Is it possible to use past simple in both sentences or one of them needs past perfect?

Is it possible to use the past simple in both sentences or does one of them need the past perfect?

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