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[ostap77]

1)"No sooner had he come to the office when the rang."

OR

2)"He had no sooner come to the office when th ephone rang."

Is it possible to use Pat Simple here?


3)No sooner did he come to the office when the phone rang."

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

Inversion

1. No sooner had he come to the office than the phone rang.

Does this mean that the phone rang immediately after he got into the office.

2. No sooner had I answered your question than one of the teachers posted as well.

Does this mean that the teacher posted immediately after I did it.

G. "No sooner did he come to the office when the phone rang." :roll:

Could be that the past perfect must be used for the first action and the simple past for the second so as to indicate that the two actions didn't happen at the same time but one immediately after another.

 

[ostap77]

/A learner/

Inversion

1. No sooner had he come to the office than the phone rang.

Does this mean that the phone rang immediately after he got into the office.

2. No sooner had I answered your question than one of the teachers posted as well.

Does this mean that the teacher posted immediately after I did it.

G. "No sooner did he come to the office when the phone rang." :roll:

Could be that the past perfect must be used for the first action and the simple past for the second so as to indicate that the two actions didn't happen at the same time but one immediately after another.

No. I'd like to get comments on the three sentences. I doubt the third one being correct. Just want to make sure.

 

[Pedroski]

No sooner did he come to the office when the phone rang. Is ok. Sounds like reported speech, I am telling you, or you are telling someone.

Anyway, no sooner did he come to the office when the phone rang. So he picks it up. A voice says: 'You are a dead man.'

 

[ostap77]

No sooner did he come to the office when the phone rang. Is ok. Sounds like reported speech, I am telling you, or you are telling someone.

Anyway, no sooner did he come to the office when the phone rang. So he picks it up. A voice says: 'You are a dead man.'

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So it would mean the same thing as in

"No sooner had he cime to the office when the phone rang."?

 

[Pedroski]

Yeah, that's the same.

 

[e2e4]

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So it would mean the same thing as in

"No sooner had he come to the office when the phone rang."?

Is it possible to use the inversion this way

No sooner than the phone rang had he come to the office.

Thanks