Ah, thank you. Mostly I go by feeling aka what "sounds good" in English but with grammar it can be tricky.
Had + verb = One action in the past with a definite beginning and ending. Such as: "I had walked to the store, but it was closed."
So if someone was doing something right now that I write in present tense and their thoughts featured a recollection of a past event, one that is definitely finished I`d use the "he had done so and so"?
And then of course there is past dialogue. *drops dead*
What I never really know what to do with things that "linger", like feelings. Say if I want to establish that person A had a certain effect on person B they would presumably still have, only A and B currently don`t interact so it`s all technically in the past.
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Date: 2008-03-23 12:03 am (UTC)Had + verb = One action in the past with a definite beginning and ending. Such as: "I had walked to the store, but it was closed."
So if someone was doing something right now that I write in present tense and their thoughts featured a recollection of a past event, one that is definitely finished I`d use the "he had done so and so"?
And then of course there is past dialogue. *drops dead*
What I never really know what to do with things that "linger", like feelings. Say if I want to establish that person A had a certain effect on person B they would presumably still have, only A and B currently don`t interact so it`s all technically in the past.
Sorry for the grammar bombardment. *g*