‘He decided’ vs. ‘He had decided’
He decided that I could have the apartment before he looked at my credit report.
I found that sentence in an exercise, and I wonder why it isn't:
He had decided that I could have the apartment before he looked at my credit report.
because the past perfect simple is used to describe one action that happened before another action in the past.
Had could indicate that it is now no longer true.
Whereas
He decided that I could have the apartment before he looked at my credit report.
indicates that it is still this way now