ostap77
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- Sep 9, 2010
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"You'd probably guessed that anyway. The Census report, like most such surveys, 1)had cost an awful lot of money and didn't tell anybody anything they 2)didn't already know-except every single person in the Galaxy had 2.4 legs and owned a hyena."
1) Is the past perfect used here to ephasize that "the report cost a lot of money"? I guess the past simple would have been fine.
2) "didn't already know"-I assume that the past perfect would fit better here?
1) Is the past perfect used here to ephasize that "the report cost a lot of money"? I guess the past simple would have been fine.
2) "didn't already know"-I assume that the past perfect would fit better here?
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