- We were hot because we'd run.
I am trying to solve this mistake, but it sounds right.
This mistake is grammatical.
asked Sep 6 '17 at 23:08
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From what book is this? – SovereignSun Oct 7 '17 at 8:04
There is no grammatical mistake here. "We'd" can stand for "we had", "we would" or "we should".
In this case, it stands for "we had": "We were hot because we had run."
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I took this sentence from a question demanding to find the grammatical mistake. How this could be? – Bavyan Yaldo Sep 6 '17 at 23:34
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I edited the question and added a picture relating to my question. Look at it. – Bavyan Yaldo Sep 6 '17 at 23:38
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My best guess is that the expected correction might be "...because we'd been running". – rjpond Sep 7 '17 at 0:01
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@Bavyan: Looks like the people who wrote the test failed. Their understanding of English is a subset of actual English. #4 can also be correct as well as it stands. Sure, you could say "went" there, but "go" works as well, and may even be preferable depending on the context. – Robusto Sep 7 '17 at 0:14
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1(Interesting to note, "time we go" is used without comment as part of a transcript of BrE native-speaker conversation at bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/… ... as part of a programme that was intended to help people learn English.) – rjpond Sep 7 '17 at 0:58
Just a guess here, but I would say: We were hot because we'd been running. (as has been noted by a previous answer, the we'd is a common contraction that native speakers use to express we had). But "had run" seems awkward compared to my version. (past perfect continuous)
We were hot because we'd run.
The sentence is correct but most English tests and grammar books explain this mistake this way: there should be an action in the progressive aspect preceding the result.
- We were hot because we had been running. - is obviously prefered by tests and grammar books. The reason we were hot was because before that we had been running (this is the reason why we were hot).
answered Oct 7 '17 at 7:55
