tj,
A corpus makes it easy for you but another easy way is to just look at what
passes you by.
From yesterday's Washington Post Magazine, "He still speaks with sorrow about
the first two: a girl he met just after graduating college who, it turned out,
was still seeing her ex-boyfriend; and a woman he met on a Metro platform with
whom he started "this really intense, amazing, passionate thing", but who
eventually told him she had "found Christ and was gonna be celibate until she
got married".
She "had found" Christ? Relative to what? The Third Crusade?
Look around. They're everywhere.
.br-had.valentinesday.2011.
Meanwhile, please tell me ...
What is it? What is the past perfect? What would you write on the board for them
to scribble into their notebooks and carry away when the bell rings? "The past
perfect is ..."
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From: Brad Johnston <[log in to unmask]>
To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 2:25:25 PM
Subject: Re: On meanings of the past perfect
tj,
Click on corpus.byu.edu and enter 'had' plus the past participle of 'shared' or
'include' or 'use' (to take three verbs from your message) and you will see
some. I know they're there without looking because it is a common occurrence.
Meanwhile, please tell me ...
What is it? What is the past perfect? What would you write on the board for them
to scribble into their notebooks and carry away when the bell rings? "The past
perfect is ..."
Thanks for participating.
.br-had.sun.13feb11.
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From: T. J. Ray <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 11:13:49 AM
Subject: Re: On meanings of the past perfect
Brad,
As you seem to have the corner on the meaning of "past perfect," perhaps you
will share it with me. In doing so, please include a sentence or two that use
"had + a past participle" that is not past perfect.
Happy Valentine's Day.
tj
On Saturday 02/12/2011 at 7:45 pm, Brad Johnston wrote:
Welcome, T.J.,
>
>What is it? What is the past perfect? What would you write on the board for them
>to scribble into their notebooks and carry away when the bell rings? "The past
>perfect is ..."
>
>Please, please, please don't say "the past perfect is had + a past participle".
>If you want to get the jump on understanding it, note that all past perfects are
>formed by had + a past participle but all occurrences of had + a past participle
>are not past perfects.
>
>You need a different source than the one you used below, which only got you one
>right out of three.
>
>Thanks for stopping by.
>
>.brad.sat.12feb11.
>
>
>
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