| Data Category: Past perfect | |
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| Key | 1348 |
| PID | http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-1348 |
| Type | complex/open |
| Owner | Declerck, Thierry |
| Scope | public |
| 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 | ? |
| 2. Description Section | |
| Profile | Morphosyntax |
[-]2.1 English Language Section | |
| Language | English (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
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| Source | www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPastPerfectTense.htm
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| 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
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| Source |
www.wordreference.com/English/definition.asp?en=past+perfect
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| 3. Conceptual Domain | |
| Data Type | string |