Xenon
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Hello!
I've got a small problem with Past Perfect tense. Normally I know how to apply Past Perfect into the sentence. But the problem occurs when there is no past tense linked to the past perfect sentence.
For example (dialogue):
Author : Charles Staples, Video game : The Outer Worlds.
Xero : That being said, we need to think of a strategy starting tonight. Zero, you'll be staying here today right?
Zero : Yes, that is what I had planned to do. I've even prepared some bedding for that purpose!
Of course there is Present Perfect, but I don't know if this Past Perfect is necessary here.
Or
Author R.D Wingfield, Book : Frost at Christmas
Teacher : "What's with that sulky look? You realize I'm going out of my way to time for you, right? You're just getting what you deserve if you hadn't done something so crazy ..."
Student (in mind) : "He was right I was the one crazy".
Or
Author : Christie Golden, Book: World of Warcraft, Before the Storm.
It's fine. I had given up right from the start.
I don't really get it why past perfect was used here.
Like I said I know the definition of Past Perfect tense:
- to emphesize that the activity happened before another activity in the past
- in reported speach
How do these principles apply to these sentences?
I've got a small problem with Past Perfect tense. Normally I know how to apply Past Perfect into the sentence. But the problem occurs when there is no past tense linked to the past perfect sentence.
For example (dialogue):
Author : Charles Staples, Video game : The Outer Worlds.
Xero : That being said, we need to think of a strategy starting tonight. Zero, you'll be staying here today right?
Zero : Yes, that is what I had planned to do. I've even prepared some bedding for that purpose!
Of course there is Present Perfect, but I don't know if this Past Perfect is necessary here.
Or
Author R.D Wingfield, Book : Frost at Christmas
Teacher : "What's with that sulky look? You realize I'm going out of my way to time for you, right? You're just getting what you deserve if you hadn't done something so crazy ..."
Student (in mind) : "He was right I was the one crazy".
Or
Author : Christie Golden, Book: World of Warcraft, Before the Storm.
It's fine. I had given up right from the start.
I don't really get it why past perfect was used here.
Like I said I know the definition of Past Perfect tense:
- to emphesize that the activity happened before another activity in the past
- in reported speach
How do these principles apply to these sentences?
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