What is the correct phrase? Hello, dear English speakers!:) Can you help me with a simple question? What is the correct phrase? "I started working after she called me." or "I started working after sh

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What is the correct phrase? Hello, dear English speakers!:) Can you help me with a simple question? What is the correct phrase? "I started working after she called me." or "I started working after she had called me."? Thank you in advance!

2015年5月27日 07:09

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Both are correct, but native speakers would probably use the first 'I started working after she called me.'. The sequence of events is obvious, so there is no need to use the past perfect.

2015年5月27日

Both are possible. I would prefer the first one though.

2015年5月27日

"I started working after she had called me" is correct because you are referring to two actions in the past that are chronologically dependent: 1-the work 2-the call but 2 happened and finished BEFORE 1.

2015年5月27日

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