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15 Oct 2019
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Question about English (US)
Why “had” is used in the last sentence? I thought just “liked” would be fine.
Please someone help me.
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Bradley and his father did his homework together. Bradley was surprised how much his father knew. He “had” liked working with his father.
Why “had” is used in the last sentence? I thought just “liked” would be fine.
Please someone help me.
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Bradley and his father did his homework together. Bradley was surprised how much his father knew. He “had” liked working with his father.
Please someone help me.
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Bradley and his father did his homework together. Bradley was surprised how much his father knew. He “had” liked working with his father.
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Thank you for your answer.
Then what’s the difference between just using “liked” and “had liked”?
Then what’s the difference between just using “liked” and “had liked”?
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“had liked” means that Bradley enjoyed it that specific time. “liked” means that he enjoyed working with his father all the time in the past.
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The reason that “had” is in the last sentence is because the sentence was past tense meaning it was set in the past.
For example: “He liked working with his dad.” (This is present tense, set in the present)
“He had liked working with his dad.” (This is pat tense, set in the past)
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@JeonTaeKo Your definitions of the tense are incorrect.
Here, "liked" is is in its past tense form, and "working" is in its present participle form. It is not set in the present.
"Had liked" is past participle of "like."
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I don’t know parts of speech 😅. As a native English speaker if someone said “had liked” instead of just “liked” I would think they were talking about something more in the past than what they are currently talking about.
For instance, in the homework example I would hear it and think “Bradley has liked working with his dad in the past, even before this specific time.”
Another example.
“Thank you for the food!”
“You’re welcome. I liked cooking it.”
“Do you enjoy cooking?”
“I had liked it before having kids. Now I feel like I don’t have the time.”
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double past tense, "he had liked" similar to "he liked" but with more emphasis on his "mood" towards working with his father in the past. 'he had thought he liked working with his father'.
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