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Some time ago, a woman betrayed a man who she was in love with (he did something bad, and she reported him to the police). Because of that betrayal he had to do time in prison. Now that he's out, he's decided to take revenge on her. He's devised a series of humiliating actions through which she'll have to go, and to ensure that she does go through them he's abducted her daughter Lindsay. Lindsay doesn't understand why he's doing that to her mother and asks him to explain to her. He finds out that there's a boy in her school named Darren that she likes and explains to her by example:
Let's say Darren did something really really bad like he stole money from the teacher's purse. Would you tell the teacher Darren did it? Would you get him in trouble? Would you send Darren to the principal's office? Would you get him expelled from school?
Source: "My Daughter's Ransom", a movie (timestamp: 44m00s).
Would it make sense to use the past perfect in this case and say "Would you tell the teacher Darren had done it?" Would it sound OK? I'm wondering because in that hypothetical scenario the doing is earlier in time than the telling.
Let's say Darren did something really really bad like he stole money from the teacher's purse. Would you tell the teacher Darren did it? Would you get him in trouble? Would you send Darren to the principal's office? Would you get him expelled from school?
Source: "My Daughter's Ransom", a movie (timestamp: 44m00s).
Would it make sense to use the past perfect in this case and say "Would you tell the teacher Darren had done it?" Would it sound OK? I'm wondering because in that hypothetical scenario the doing is earlier in time than the telling.