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Although possessing the double reference of an action completed prior to a point of past time with a continuing result existing up to that subsequent past time, emphasis here is on the former.
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Althoguh possessing the double reference of an action completed prior to a poitn of past time with a continueing result existing up to that past time, epmhasis here is on the latter.
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| The pluperfect denotes completed events which occurred repreatedly at successive intervals prior to a point of past time, the recurring instances having established a certain existing result continuing to exist up to that past time of speaking. |
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| Certain verbs occur in the pluperfect tense without its usual force; i.e. it functions as the equivalent of an aorist |
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