Hi everybody, Please, correct these: Yesterday Kevin had had a phone call from Sally. He was very surprised. He had written to her many times but she had never replied to his letters. Thank you in a

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Hi everybody, Please, correct these: Yesterday Kevin had had a phone call from Sally. He was very surprised. He had written to her many times but she had never replied to his letters. Thank you in advance! ☺

17 нояб. 2020 г., 8:06

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Hi everybody, Please, correct these: Yesterday Kevin had a phone call from Sally. He was very surprised. He had written to her many times but she had never replied to his letters. Thank you in advance! ☺

17 ноября 2020 г.

Hi everybody, Please correct these sentences: Yesterday, Kevin had a phone call from Sally. [or - Yesterday, Sally called Kevin.] He was very surprised. He had written to her many times, but she had never replied [to his letters]. Thank you in advance! ☺ This story starts with a completed action “yesterday,” so the simple past is correct (“had” and “was”). Then, the story introduces earlier actions, so the past perfect is correct to show the time relationship (“had written” and “had replied”).

17 ноября 2020 г.

Hi everybody, Please, correct these: Yesterday Kevin had had a phone call from Sally. He had been very surprised. He had written to her many times but she had never replied to his letters. Thank you in advance! ☺

Your original sentences were fine, but because you were using the past perfect tense for two of your sentences, it makes more sense to use it for all three, because all three sentences refer to the same point in time. Your original wording makes it seem like "He was surprised for a long time", and the new wording makes it seem like "He was surprised when she called, and then stopped being surprised. " It's a very very small difference, and most people wouldn't correct it. (Your original sentences aren't wrong, I'm just giving a different perspective.)

17 ноября 2020 г.

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