than I’d ever imagined

[Maybo]

“My life has involved much more chronic multitasking than I’d ever imagined,” she says.
(How multitasking fuels original thinking by David Robson)

What's the difference if I say "than I imagined"?

 

[jutfrank]

I don't understand what you're asking.

Are you wondering about what ever does? Or is this a question about the use of past perfect?

 

[Maybo]

I don't understand what you're asking.

Are you wondering about what ever does? Or is this a question about the use of past perfect?

About the use of past perfect.

 

[emsr2d2]

If you're only asking about the difference between the tenses, you should have made sure that the rest of the sentence was the same in both version. Version 1 would end "than I'd ever imagined" and version 2 would end "than I ever imagined".

The past perfect is required there - the imagining happened before the multitasking, which happened before the utterance of this sentence.

 

[Maybo]

If you're only asking about the difference between the tenses, you should have made sure that the rest of the sentence was the same in both version. Version 1 would end "than I'd ever imagined" and version 2 would end "than I ever imagined".

I mistakenly thought that "ever" could only be used with past perfect or present perfect so I deleted "ever" when I used the past tense.

 

[jutfrank]

There wouldn't be any important difference if the speaker had use the past simple instead. The ever, however, is important for the intended meaning.