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Data Category: Past perfect
Key1348
PIDhttp://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-1348
Typecomplex/open
OwnerDeclerck, Thierry
Scopepublic
1. Administration Information Section
1.1 Administration Record
Identifier
pastPerfect
Version
1:0
Registration Status
private
Administration Status
private
Origin
?
1.1.1 Creation
Creation Date
2004-07-09
Change Description
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2. Description Section
Profile
Morphosyntax
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2.1 English Language Section
LanguageEnglish (en)
2.1.1 Name Section
Name
Past perfect
Name Status
admitted name
2.1.2 Definition Section
Definition
Past perfect tense is an absolute-relative tense that refers to a time in the past relative to a reference point, which itself is in the past relative to the moment of utterance
Source
www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPastPerfectTense.htm
2.1.3 Definition Section
Definition
denoting a tense of verbs used in relating past events where the action had already occurred at the time of the action of a main verb that is itself in a past tense. In English this is a compound tense formed with had plus the past participle
Source
www.wordreference.com/English/definition.asp?en=past+perfect
3. Conceptual Domain
Data Type
string