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by voodoo_child » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:08 pm
I read this somewhere.

What do you think is correct ?

(a) It is still the same as you had left.

OR

(a) It is still the same as you left.


I would go with (a). Any thoughts ? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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by voodoo_child » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:11 pm
Let me give you guys some background about this sentence. It was displayed during alumni meet for some university. Hence, the current students greeted old students :)

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by Target2009 » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:24 pm
voodoo_child wrote:I read this somewhere.

What do you think is correct ?

(a) It is still the same as you had left.

OR

(a) It is still the same as you left.


I would go with (a). Any thoughts ? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Voodoo
(a) It is still the same as you left. is correct.
Past perfect : use when one past event comes another past event.
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by voodoo_child » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:54 pm
Not sure. My ear says it isn't right.


Aah. Wikipedia says that past perfect serves only to place a narration in the "more distant past", without determining its particular time or duration, as follows: "He had risen early that morning and had drunk coffee earlier than usual."

I know that GMAT doesn't recognize this.

Any comments ? I am a native speaker. Not sure if the sentence is grammatically right. Please help!

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by aspirant2011 » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:39 pm
For "He had risen early that morning and had drunk coffee earlier than usual." the correct sentence should be "He had risen early that morning and drunk coffee earlier than usual." because later event should be in simple past..........................
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