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I was wondering if anyone could clarify why the first example sentence under "Keep It Simple" (p. 44) does not correspond to the rules mentioned later concerning perfect tenses.
Here is the sentence in question:
She WALKED to school in the morning and RAN home in the afternoon.
On p. 46, MGMAT SC cites, "If an action precedes an earlier past action, use the past perfect tense. Otherwise stick to the simple tenses."
Following this line of logic, wouldn't the aforementioned sentence read, "She HAD WALKED to school in the morning and RAN home in the afternoon"? (The act of walking precedes the act of running, both of which occur in the past!)
Please help!
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Also, on p. 44, MGMAT cites, "In fact, unless the actions do not take place at the same time, you should keep all verb tenses in a given sentence the same."
Does this mean you only change verb tenses of the actions if they occur at different times? I just want to make sure I was reading that correctly. :wink:
Here is the sentence in question:
She WALKED to school in the morning and RAN home in the afternoon.
On p. 46, MGMAT SC cites, "If an action precedes an earlier past action, use the past perfect tense. Otherwise stick to the simple tenses."
Following this line of logic, wouldn't the aforementioned sentence read, "She HAD WALKED to school in the morning and RAN home in the afternoon"? (The act of walking precedes the act of running, both of which occur in the past!)
Please help!
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Also, on p. 44, MGMAT cites, "In fact, unless the actions do not take place at the same time, you should keep all verb tenses in a given sentence the same."
Does this mean you only change verb tenses of the actions if they occur at different times? I just want to make sure I was reading that correctly. :wink:
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13 Jan 2010, 12:39
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If an action precedes an earlier past action, use the past perfect tense. Otherwise stick to the simple tenses.
Yes that is true however the simple past is preferred when it is clear what action occurs first. In the above example, because of the use of morning and afternoon, simple past is preferred because it is clear which event occurred first.
She had walked to school and then ran home. That would be okay because we are not sure which event occurred first.
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