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⌈ Secret Post #2585 ⌋

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[Monster High]

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[Bryan Fuller, John Green]

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[Star Trek: The Next Generation]

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[Pretty Little Liars]

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[Breaking Bad]

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[Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey]

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[Reign]

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[Leviathan: the last day of the decade]

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[Sherlock Holmes]

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[Steam]

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In the example you have given, which to use depends on the context of the following sentence.

For instance, foregoing the past perfect works if you are speaking in a narrative fashion and intend to follow it with a sentence that clarifies your current knowledge of the situation.

ex. "Ten years ago I was sure my father was in Las Vegas on March 14th, 1948. Today I know that on that day he was in Mali on a top secret government assignment."

However, if you forego the past perfect and don't intend to include an addendum or any clarification of your point, it changes the meaning of the sentence.

ex. "Ten years ago I was sure that cats had ruled the earth." vs. "Ten years ago I was sure cats ruled the earth."

In the first sentence, you are sure that at some point in history, cats were the dominant species. In the second sentence, you are under the impression that cats were ruling the earth ten years ago.

Hope this helps.

Not AYRT - this is really confusing because you leave out "had" in your second cat sentence.

SA

Nevermind. My English grammar sucks today, evidently.

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