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simple past or past perfect
Which one is correct and natural?
1-Before I had dinner, I had finished my homework
2-Before I had dinner, I finished my homework
6 jun. 2018 15:23
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Both are grammatically correct but it would be more natural to say,
"Before dinner, I had already finished my homework". "Had" indicates the action had been completed.
6 juni 2018
Both are correct and both sound natural. I think the sentence where you use the past perfect in both clauses would probably be used if you were talking about a time frame that was more distant than the time frame where you use the past perfect and the simple past tense.
6 juni 2018
I finished my homework before having dinner. I had finished my homework before having dinner. - These sound more natural.
6 juni 2018
Before I had dinner, I had finished y homework <= correct
6 juni 2018
I finished my homework before having dinner. I had finished my homework before having dinner. - These sound more natural.
6 juni 2018
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