rohitchayal wrote:
daagh I just have one confusion I understand why each option is wrong except D what I don’t understand is that since the timeline is clear as we have used “before” in the stmt doesn’t that make the use of “had” redundant or wrong?
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rohitchayal,
Although your question is not directed to me, I would like to present the answer.
Your question suggests that you think that the correct answer choice uses the past perfect tense by using
had to be removed. But that is not the case. The verb
had to be removed is a simple past tense verb. Let me explain how.
When
has/have/had is followed by another verb in past participle form, then it acts as a perfect tense verb. For example:
•
He has bought the tickets.
• He had bought the tickets.
• They have bought the tickets.
When
has/have/had is not followed by any other verb, then it acts as a simple tense verb. For example:
•
He has the tickets.
• He had the tickets.
• They have the tickets.The correct answer choice of this official sentence used the verb
had to be removed. Please note that
had is NOT followed by a verb in its past participle form. Hence, it is a simple past tense verb.
Another point that I want to clarify for you is that in the presence of words that clarify the sequence of the actions mentioned in the sentence such as before, after, earlier, etc. doe snot make the use of past perfect tense redundant or incorrect. In the presence of such sequence clarifying words, the use of the past perfect tense verb becomes
optional. For example:
I left for school before the rain started.
I had left for school before the rain started.
Both the above-mentioned sentences are correct.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha
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