DD shows us that there is also a matter of taste involve in these choices. And his taste is better than mine. Herb -----Original Message----- From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of DD Farms Sent: Sun 2/17/2008 2:04 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Context matters - continued At 08:01 AM 2/17/2008, Brad Johnston wrote: >In context, do the five 'had's belong in or out? > "Beyond containment, the major thrust of American Cold War > diplomatic foreign policy was to return the defeated enemies, > Germany and Japan, to the emerging international system as > full-fledged members. This task, unprecedented in respect to > nations on which unconditional surrender (had been) was imposed > less than five years earlier, made sense to a generation of > American leaders whose formative experience (had been) was > overcoming the Great Depression of the 1930s. The generation that > organized resistance to the Soviet Union (had) experienced Franklin > D. Roosevelt's New Deal, which (had) restored political stability > by closing the gap between American expectations and economic > reality. The same generation (had) prevailed in World War II, > fought in the name of democracy." DD: Sounds better with all the "hads." Sequence of tense sort of stuff? To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/