Please explain the below point:
Past Perfect can make a tricky sentence in which the first clause
expresses an early action in Simple Past. Then, a second clause expresses a later action in
Past Perfect to indicate continued effect (by a still later past time).
Right: The band U2 WAS just one of many new groups on the rock music scene
in the early 1980's, but less than ten years later, U2 HAD fully ECLIPSED
its early rivals in the pantheon of popular music.
Should'nt be past perfect be used for an earlier event
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Source please.Please explain the below point:
Past Perfect can make a tricky sentence in which the first clause
expresses an early action in Simple Past. Then, a second clause expresses a later action in
Past Perfect to indicate continued effect (by a still later past time).
I think it's from the MGMAT guide for SCAli Tariq wrote:Source please.Please explain the below point:
Past Perfect can make a tricky sentence in which the first clause
expresses an early action in Simple Past. Then, a second clause expresses a later action in
Past Perfect to indicate continued effect (by a still later past time).
Hi,karishma315 wrote:Please explain the below point:
Past Perfect can make a tricky sentence in which the first clause
expresses an early action in Simple Past. Then, a second clause expresses a later action in
Past Perfect to indicate continued effect (by a still later past time).
Right: The band U2 WAS just one of many new groups on the rock music scene
in the early 1980's, but less than ten years later, U2 HAD fully ECLIPSED
its early rivals in the pantheon of popular music.
Shouldn't past perfect be used for an earlier event
This is one of the trickier ones. The first clause is in simple past. Then, there's a time frame mentioned (less than 10 years later) and then it says that u2 HAD eclipsed meaning it happened before that timeframe . Although this "eclipsed" action is not the earliest one in the three scenarios (first clause and two incidents in the second clause) , it is the earliest one in the second clause. So, it justifies the use of past perfect in the second clause.
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One purpose of the past perfect is to express an action COMPLETED BEFORE ANOTHER PAST EVENT.karishma315 wrote:Please explain the below point:
Past Perfect can make a tricky sentence in which the first clause
expresses an early action in Simple Past. Then, a second clause expresses a later action in
Past Perfect to indicate continued effect (by a still later past time).
Right: The band U2 WAS just one of many new groups on the rock music scene
in the early 1980's, but less than ten years later, U2 HAD fully ECLIPSED
its early rivals in the pantheon of popular music.
Should'nt be past perfect be used for an earlier event
Here, less than ten years after the early 1980's is the equivalent of by 1990.
-----U2 had eclipsed-----1990-----present
Since the action in red is completed before the past event in blue, the usage of the past perfect is warranted.
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