That will be "effect", Jan.
It is typical, but I couldn't say that it's the fault of the American populace
:-). This was the perfect and the pluperfect, but it's a case of mixing the
description of time in any tenses -- choosing the right tense. I found a great
definition of the pluperfect tense in a German grammar book a couple of years
ago, but I can't find it now. I find it difficult to describe the difference
between perfect and pluperfect (for instance), but I reckon that it's important
to get it right, to retain the exact sense of time in a sentence.
Chris
On 30 Jan 2011, at 18:45, Jan Steinman wrote:
> Is mixing past tense with past perfect tense a particularly American affect?
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