Why a past perfect tense is used in a more recent past time event instead of an older past time event?
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confusing sentence "before I'd had a chance, my sister ran up ..."
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When should one use the "recent past"? How much time should have passed?
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Is there a simple and clear way to explain the difference between past simple and present perfect?
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Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous
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Using the present tense for future event?
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"In recent years" vs "in the recent years"
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Difference in meaning and use of future perfect forms
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American dialects: Replacing the past-perfect participle with the simple-past form
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Using perfect constructions after "since"
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"yet" vs. "already" with present perfect
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What tense should I use to describe something in the past but probably is still true?
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What's the difference between the simple past tense and the present perfect?
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Why did The New York Times use the present simple to describe a past event?
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What is the name for the grammatical figure, where the present tense is substituted for a past event?
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present perfect + past simple in the same sentence
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Past Subjunctive vs Future Subjunctive form
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How to correctly use the present perfect tense