Question
1. I knew how he did his homework.
2. I knew how he had done his homework.
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What is the difference between the two sentences?
2. I knew how he had done his homework.
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What is the difference between the two sentences?
Answers
Writeacher
Not much difference at all.
Sentence 2 has more of a finality to it: he did his homework in the past, and he isn't doing homework anymore.
Sentence 1 has a simultaneous quality to it. "I knew" it while he was doing it. (Both in the simple past tense.)
Sentence 2 has more of a finality to it: he did his homework in the past, and he isn't doing homework anymore.
Sentence 1 has a simultaneous quality to it. "I knew" it while he was doing it. (Both in the simple past tense.)