Timeline for Why is only one event reported out of two

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Dec 12, 2017 at 18:24	vote	accept	Yves Lefol
Dec 12, 2017 at 6:04	answer	added	Andrew		timeline score: 2
Dec 11, 2017 at 16:20	comment	added	Yves Lefol		I know all of that !!!So only left is considered as reported speech. Even without past perfect it is obviously logical that the car thief happens after Dante has left the keys so both events are in logical order no need for past perfect here
Dec 10, 2017 at 21:30	history	edited	Andrew		edited tags
S Dec 10, 2017 at 21:30	history	suggested	Laurel♦	CC BY-SA 3.0	proper quoting
Dec 10, 2017 at 21:12	comment	added	StoneyB on hiatus		The past perfect is often used to effect a shift in temporal perspective: the past perfect refers to an event before Reference Time, and events which succeed that prior event are narrated using the simple past, with the introductory perfect maintaining an 'anchor' for returning to Reference Time. See this question, especially §4.
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Dec 12, 2017 at 21:16
Dec 10, 2017 at 16:50	history	edited	Yves Lefol	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 24 characters in body
Dec 10, 2017 at 16:32	comment	added	Mark G B		I think I might understand what you want to ask, but the question is not clear. Please rework it, paying particular attention to your final paragraph.
Dec 10, 2017 at 15:05	history	edited	Yves Lefol	CC BY-SA 3.0	edited title
Dec 10, 2017 at 14:56	history	asked	Yves Lefol	CC BY-SA 3.0