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Why is Past Perfect used here?
It means meeting Strickland precedes being in Paris a fortnight.
Here, "had been" is the past form of the present perfect "have been". To understand the logic, imagine telling this ...
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Why is Past Perfect used here?
The met in the main clause is correct, because the author is pointing to a past event from present perspective.
That event happened at a time defined by the when clause.
There was a point in time when ...
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Past simple tense or Present perfect
Both are correct grammar. I assume this is a test question.
Probably they want you to use present perfect in the first (because the second part is present) and past in the second (because the second ...
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Is it have or had in this question?
The first is correct and the second is incorrect. As you suggest, the word "did" (and the subject they) is omitted from the second part.
Did they get married and (did they) have a child?
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AmE_ thank you + simple past or present perfect
"Thank you for what you did for me" usually refers to one single action Jane did. If it indicates a series or pattern of behaviour, it's from so long ago that it feels like one single event ...
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