who committed two bank robberies/tenses/ simple past instead of past perfect instead of:

[navi tasan]

Can one use:

1) I didn't talk to a woman. I talked to a man, who committed two bank robberies.
instead of:
2) I didn't talk to a woman. I talked to a man, who had committed two bank robberies.

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Can one use:
3) I didn't talk to the child. I talked to the man, who committed a few major crimes.
instead of:
4) I didn't talk to the child. I talked to the man, who had committed a few major crimes.


I am not sure that in '1' and '3', the past tense could be used instead of the past perfect. I think in both sentences the committing of those acts could have happened after I talked to him. But could they have happened before, as is the case in '2' and '4'?

The sentences are all mine. I don't think there's really anything special about them though.

 

[jutfrank]

I think in both sentences the committing of those acts could have happened after I talked to him.

Right.

But could they have happened before, as is the case in '2' and '4'?

Yes.

The sentences are all mine. I don't think there's really anything special about them though.

Special in what way?

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you very much, Jutfrank,

They aren't special in any way as far as I can see!

 

[emsr2d2]

Can one use:

1) I didn't talk to a woman. I talked to a man, who committed two bank robberies.
instead of:
2) I didn't talk to a woman. I talked to a man, who had committed two bank robberies.

You started with "Can one use". Where is the question mark that should end that incomplete question?

Can one use:
3) I didn't talk to the child. I talked to the man, who committed a few major crimes.
instead of:
4) I didn't talk to the child. I talked to the man, who had committed a few major crimes.

Same query!

I am not sure that in '1' and '3', the past tense could be used instead of the past perfect. I think in both sentences the committing of those acts could have happened after I talked to him. But However, could they have happened before, as is the case in '2' and '4'?

As a learner, don't try to start sentences with "but".

The sentences are all mine. I don't think there's really anything special about them though.

What exactly is a "special sentence"?

 

[navi tasan]

Sorry about the question mark.

I mean that they were very run-of-the-mill sentences and the fact that they were written by me was not important. They were not weird sentences. Sometimes my sentences are weird.

 

[Tarheel]

There is not enough context to make sense out of them.