[Grammar] Past Past Perfect

[PromVille]

If we have one action, we can use Past Simple/Past Continuous
I found out

If we have two actions, we can use Past Perfect/Past Perfect Continuous for the one which is the most ancient and Past Simple/Continuous for the younger action.
I found out that they had confessed

But what if we have more than 2 actions? How to denote that some of the actions happened even earlier than the Past Perfect action occured?
If it were possible to add the infinite amount of "had", it would be easier:

I found out that they had confessed they she had had stolen the car which had had had been bought by the people who had had had had been born here.

But since it's not the correct thing to do, I am stuck and depressed with what to do and how to live further... :-(

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, PromVille.

Cheer up! We're here to help.

In normal writing, you don't need more than two 'hads'—that's when you use the past perfect of the verb 'to have'.

Ces Poole had had asthma for years before his sister Jean got it.

 

[jutfrank]

But since it's not the correct thing to do, I am stuck and depressed with what to do and how to live further... :-(

Hang in there, Promville!

You can use the past perfect to get you out of this nightmare.

 

[GoesStation]

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