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    Jun 2, 2009, 03:39 PM
    When do you use the perfect tense?
    Which sentence is correct?

    She had eaten before her mother came home

    Or

    She ate before her mother came home.
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    Jun 2, 2009, 03:52 PM
    Either sentence can be used as they are both grammatically correct.

    The first sentence is in the Present Perfect tense.

    The second sentence is in the Past tense.
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    Jul 1, 2009, 08:19 PM

    She ate before her mother came home
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