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King Alfred

by sogmat » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:19 pm
Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893.
(A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he
(B) The fact that King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he had
(C) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he
(D) The fact that King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean that he
(E) Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he

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Re: King Alfred

by ankit1383 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:41 pm
Why perfect tense is used in this sentence......I opted for Choice A....
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Re: King Alfred

by codesnooker » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:34 pm
ankit1383 wrote:Why perfect tense is used in this sentence......I opted for Choice A....
Perfect tense is required to show the time difference between two events.

had occupied and fortified in 886 -> 1st event
had not won the loyalty of its citizen -> 2nd event (occurs at the same time of 1st event)

Danes used this weakness in 893 -> 3rd event (post to the 1st and 2nd event)

Since 3rd event occurred later compare to 1st and 2nd therefore, we have used simple past tense for it whereas 1st and 2nd should be represented by perfect tense.

Hope this clears your doubt.
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by amitabhprasad » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:49 pm
If I understood correctly,
past perfect should be used only when sequence of event in not clear, but in the above sentence there is no ambiguity in the sequence due to time period, so not sure if use of past perfect is correct ?
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by piyush_nitt » Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:43 am
amitabhprasad wrote:If I understood correctly,
past perfect should be used only when sequence of event in not clear, but in the above sentence there is no ambiguity in the sequence due to time period, so not sure if use of past perfect is correct ?
Cannot agree more with amit

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by bleedthegmat » Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:04 am
piyush_nitt wrote:
amitabhprasad wrote:If I understood correctly,
past perfect should be used only when sequence of event in not clear, but in the above sentence there is no ambiguity in the sequence due to time period, so not sure if use of past perfect is correct ?
Cannot agree more with amit

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