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Changing usage of past-perfect constructions in American and British usage

american-english british-english past-tense past-perfect descriptive-grammar

Why does this conditional feel wrong?

past-perfect conditionals

"Since she had given up smoking, ..." or "Since she gave up smoking, ..."?

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Two past perfect verbs in the same sentence even though sequence is indicated

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Reported speech: why is the past perfect the right answer here?

past-perfect indirect-speech

Odd British pluperfect subjunctive construction?

grammar british-english subjunctive-mood past-perfect

Past Perfect question forms with 'before' etc

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Past perfect continuous with verb "fall" as the second condition

Is "When I lived in Berlin, I had seen the movie three times" grammatical?

Someone who {shaped / has shaped / had shaped} policy for 20 years

present-perfect past-perfect simple-past tenses

"hadn't thought" vs. "didn't think"

grammar tenses past-perfect simple-past

Confusing double occurrence of Past Perfect in the same sentence

"Have you seen him recently?" or "Did you see him recently?" [closed]

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“Had not” vs. “have not”?

Past perfect and using before/after

grammar tenses past-perfect sequence-of-tenses

Why past perfect in the following?

grammar tenses past-perfect

Past Perfect and Past Simple in AmE

american-english tenses past-tense present-perfect past-perfect

"...to have been" or "... to having been"?

Can past perfect tense be used without a second tense?

What difference does using 'had' make to those two verb tenses, and if so, what is it?

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