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by madeira
Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:36 pm
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Verb tense mystery! Please help!
Replies: 10
Views: 5480

Oops! No reduced clause!

I was reading too fast.

Just past perfect in the passive.
by madeira
Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:33 pm
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Verb tense mystery! Please help!
Replies: 10
Views: 5480

Oops! Read too fast.

No reduced clause; just past perfect passive.

Sorry!
by madeira
Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:22 pm
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Verb tense mystery! Please help!
Replies: 10
Views: 5480

You`re in the past perfect, with a reduced clause. You have these choices: A) The members, (who had eaten their socks), were happy. B) The members, (having eaten their socks), were happy. C) (Having eaten their socks), they were happy. If you`re careful about punctuation, these all say the same thin...