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prachi18oct: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 269; Joined: Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:33 pmFollowed by: 5 members; Thanked: 8 times

by prachi18oct » Sat Oct 04, 2014 9:36 am

Why is option B correct.there are two past actions the 1997 one is more recent than 1981 one so why past perfect is correct here?

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by Matt@VeritasPrep » Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:37 am

Hi Prachi!

Check out this link for a thorough explanation of the Past Perfect.

The sentence you've given is a great example of Use 2: Duration BEFORE Something in the Past.

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prachi18oct: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 269; Joined: Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:33 pmFollowed by: 5 members; Thanked: 8 times

by prachi18oct » Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:47 pm

Did not understand how that is applicable in this sentence

With Non-Continuous Verbs and some non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, we use the Past Perfect to show that something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past

Here the action started in the past and continued till 1997 so it should have past perfect tense. Or both can be simple past as the years when they occurred are specified already ?
Please explain.[/quote]

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