WE TOOK ALLIE TO BREAKFAST in the cook tent. With her dress washed and her hair combed, she looked a little better than she ___  when we dragged her out of the Barbary Coast Cafe'. 
 
Which word should fill the blank in the quote above, had or did?
 
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Incoming message: Both "had" and "did" are okay.
 
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she looked a little better than she did <look> when we dragged her out
 
she looked a little better than she had <looked> when we dragged her out
 
Now what do you say?
 
.rsvp.brad.10nov09.
 
(she looked a little better than she looked when we dragged her out, is the one Parker did not use)


      

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