Having got that off my chest, what do I say about the present issue? The possible contexts of language are so varied that mechanical rules which tie one form of words to one type of situation will inevitably fail from time to time.Ī stopped clock is guaranteed to be right twice a day mechanical rules of the above kind are guaranteed to be wrong at a comparable frequency: and in each case, there is nothing to tell you the difference. This means learning basic principles and applying them appropriately in each new context. The only true road to correct usage, in my view, is to understand the reasons for it. Secondly, they lead learners to think that if they memorise enough of such rules they will be able to use the language correctly.
When I grew up, I had finished with childish things.Mechanical rules of the kind that say you cannot use (or you can only use) this tense or that form with this phrase, or in that word order, or in reference to such and such a topic, always strike me as misleading, for two reasons.įirst, they are talking in terms of the outcome or result, not in terms of the principle or reason which explains the result. I recall the moment when I had finished reading the information about Prader-Willi syndrome that the hospital provided. I had finished my first movie, And as a gift, somebody I was working with gave me A framed copy of one of matt's life in hell cartoons,. I had finished my little scene with Monty Clift, and I was standing around with a bunch of people watching somebody run across the field screaming,. I had finished my crossing, the coup was over. 
COTTIER: When I had finished my ecclesiastical studies, my superiors asked me to do a thesis at the University of Geneva, where they had opened one of our Dominican monasteries. I had finished my paperwork and I was. After I had finished my phone calls l crossed the road to the post office and posted the card. We were supposed to wait until I had finished my thesis. You went after Charles before I finished my sentence. I thought we agreed to meet after I finished my course work. I finished the dishes, so I decided to start my homework. Only one time, when I said I'd finished my homework and I hadn't, and I immediately went vasovagal. He finished my homework, gave me the soda from his lunch. He said he'll come back, after I've finished my homework. I haven't finished my homework, and we're going to be late. I finished my inspection seven hours before the exhibition started. Don't worry, I already finished my homework. He asked me to play Xbox, and I finished my homework. 
I'm at loose ends since I finished my homework. I played video games after I finished my homework.
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