Good day
in the Manhattan SC book, page I've come across the following example
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.
What puzelled me was that : the action "was" was previous to the action "elipsed" and despite that we used past perfect for the last action and simple past for the former action
Any explanation???
Thanks a in advance
in the Manhattan SC book, page I've come across the following example
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.
What puzelled me was that : the action "was" was previous to the action "elipsed" and despite that we used past perfect for the last action and simple past for the former action
Any explanation???
Thanks a in advance
It's definitely a strange one, and on the GMAT past perfect will nearly always be followed by simple past.
