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Hi.
I have extracted the sentence below from a local newspaper article.
"From Berkeley in California to London, the high price of property is reviving debates about rent controls
- a policy that had been considered taboo in many places for a generation."
I am wondering if I could use simple past "was considered" to substitute for the past perfect?
If not, appreciate you can explain the rationale behind the need to use past perfect in this case.
I have extracted the sentence below from a local newspaper article.
"From Berkeley in California to London, the high price of property is reviving debates about rent controls
- a policy that had been considered taboo in many places for a generation."
I am wondering if I could use simple past "was considered" to substitute for the past perfect?
If not, appreciate you can explain the rationale behind the need to use past perfect in this case.