query: Why past perfect and not simple past was used in this case?
positive_passages.docid: 21925
positive_passages.text: Why do people sometimes use the past perfect form of a verb when the past would suffice? (e.g. "you had mentioned")
negative_passages.docid: 35695
negative_passages.text: Past perfect or past simple with before
negative_passages.docid: 91575
negative_passages.text: Past simple vs past perfect; British- vs American English
negative_passages.docid: 53495
negative_passages.text: Why is 'present perfect' present if it happened in the past? And why is it 'perfect'?
negative_passages.docid: 12019
negative_passages.text: Can we use the present perfect in this case?
negative_passages.docid: 10955
negative_passages.text: Past simple vs present perfect
negative_passages.docid: 1030
negative_passages.text: "Now is the time" followed by past tense verb
negative_passages.docid: 28026
negative_passages.text: Can we use "Now" (not until now or until then) in past tense sentences
negative_passages.docid: 43333
negative_passages.text: just(recently) + present perfect or simple past
negative_passages.docid: 45224
negative_passages.text: Inversion + past tense
negative_passages.docid: 95245
negative_passages.text: When should I use "didn't" instead of "haven't"?
negative_passages.docid: 127184
negative_passages.text: Present-perfect-tense vs. Simple-past-tense
negative_passages.docid: 94808
negative_passages.text: Why do some words have two past tense forms (e.g. "dreamed" vs. "dreamt")?
negative_passages.docid: 80268
negative_passages.text: Past participle vs being+past participle
negative_passages.docid: 40839
negative_passages.text: Difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple ( I am not a beginner )
negative_passages.docid: 24744
negative_passages.text: The habitual past "would" versus "simple past" tense
negative_passages.docid: 42961
negative_passages.text: Simple past or past perfect with "by" and years