Activity for rb304288
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #27580 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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A question about Past Participle vs Simple Past in a novel The novel is in past tense and the character is recounting things that happened before the novel began. Should I be using the past participle? Everything I read says that using the word "had" is a big no-no, despite its necessary existence to denote time and structure. For example: "She closed the b... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |