Standard English ConventionsHardPast perfect for the earlier of two past events
Standard English Conventions practice question
By the time the fog lifted, the fishing fleet ____ for the shelter of the bay.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. had already runCorrect
- B. already runs
- C. has already run
- D. already running
Answer: A. had already run
The fleet's run was complete before the fog lifted: past perfect.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. already runs
- Present tense clashes with 'lifted'.
- C. has already run
- Present perfect doesn't sit before a past event.
- D. already running
- 'Running' leaves no finite verb.
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