Timeline for has been taught / had been taught/ was taught
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| Aug 12, 2017 at 14:08 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Aug 10, 2017 at 21:54 | comment | added | Dan | That makes sense. The point then is that both the clauses have to agree in tense: *"I have to read over what had been taught" doesn't work because one is in present tense and one is in past perfect. Or at least, it refers to a more complicated situation where you currently have to study material from an era that later teaching has superseded. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 7:08 | comment | added | user46822 | Thank you Dan! I understand that your suggestions sound more to the point, but I was interested in the sentence from my OP specifically because of the use of these tenses. I was especially interested in the possibility of using the past perfect, as the intended meaning in the context was like : Previously, I usually HAD TO read over what HAD BEEN TAUGHT in the class. I guess that the past perfect is required in this wording of the sentence. Anyway, your suggestions for the rephrasing of the sentence are useful. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 22:20 | history | answered | Dan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |