Asked by mk-tintin
30. In a speech he gave last week, Deng
Xiaoping .… that Chinese economy
should be commercially competitive.
(A) has declared
(B) had declared
(C) will have declared
(D) declared
i think B
Xiaoping .… that Chinese economy
should be commercially competitive.
(A) has declared
(B) had declared
(C) will have declared
(D) declared
i think B
Answers
Answered by
Writeacher
You use the past perfect (auxiliary verb "had") only when there's another past tense in the sentence and the past perfect verb occurred before the other past tense.
The simple past works fine here. Which one is that?
The simple past works fine here. Which one is that?
Answered by
DrBob222
I think D, the past tense, is a better choice.
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