Past perfect in "Stories conflict whether Joey and Linda had broken up prior to Linda dating Johnny", why?
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When is the past perfect exactly needed?
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Present Perfect or simple past?
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present perfect vs past perfect
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Joey's and Chandler's coded telephone conversation
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Should we use past tense in "Lugo admitted he is the father"?
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When is "loved" a past participle and when is it simple past?
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Simple past vs. past perfect
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American dialects: Replacing the past-perfect participle with the simple-past form
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Use of Past Simple vs Past perfect in sentences with since
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Past perfect or simple past with 'ago'?
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tense agreement (simple past tense after past perfect tense)
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Past simple vs present perfect
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“have despatched...yesterday” vs. “despatched … yesterday”
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Mixing past tenses in the same sentence
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Difference between "We are married for 5 years" and "We have been married for 5 years"
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Can the past simple or the present perfect fit in this example with yet
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What's the negation of "I used to be"? Surely not "I didn't used to be"?