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"Kim had inspected the aeroplane's engine before she sat in the cockpit."
Is the use of past perfect tense 'had inspected' correct in this sentence? According to the source material, this usage is wrong and GMAC will instead prefer the following:
"Kim inspected the aeroplane's engine before she sat in the cockpit."
The reason given is quite vague - the first sentence doesn't quite convey the meaning it is supposed to convey, while the second one conveys the order of events quite clearly since it has the word 'after' is used to clearly indicate that Kim inspected the engine and then sat in the cockpit.
Thoughts? As a general rule, I thought it is always useful to use the past perfect tense whenever there are more than one events happening in the past and one wants to identify which event happened first.
Is the use of past perfect tense 'had inspected' correct in this sentence? According to the source material, this usage is wrong and GMAC will instead prefer the following:
"Kim inspected the aeroplane's engine before she sat in the cockpit."
The reason given is quite vague - the first sentence doesn't quite convey the meaning it is supposed to convey, while the second one conveys the order of events quite clearly since it has the word 'after' is used to clearly indicate that Kim inspected the engine and then sat in the cockpit.
Thoughts? As a general rule, I thought it is always useful to use the past perfect tense whenever there are more than one events happening in the past and one wants to identify which event happened first.
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09 Aug 2023, 21:04
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the second seems accurate, the first creates ambiguity with the timing when she inspected the engine.
In my opinion.
In my opinion.
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