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Which one is correct?

  1. She was on OCP for 5 years and had stopped it since 2005.

  2. She had been on OCP for 5 years and had stopped it since 2005.

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  • Both sentence sound incorrect to me. Why not "She was on OCP for 5 years before she stopped in the year 2005.
    – SovereignSun
    Commented Apr 8, 2017 at 18:18

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Past Perfect Tense
It is used about something that happened before another action in the past (which is expressed by simple past tense).

  • It is often used with already, yet, just, even, by.
  • It indicates an earlier past event or situation.

Past Tense
It is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now.
- It is used with frequency: often, sometimes, always.
- It is used with a definite point in time: last week, when, yesterday, weeks ago.
- It is used with an indefinite point in time.

It means the correct sentence is:
She had been on OCP for 5 years and stopped it since 2005.

Simple past tense
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