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Grammar, Uncategorized

Leaving the Past in the Past Perfect

April 24, 2017April 24, 2017 Jana Miller

Is it "did" or "had done?" How to go back further in the past in writing.

Tagged flashbacks, past, past perfect, tense1 Comment

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