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James's answer had had a better effect on the teacher ;)
by crntaylor 14y ago
James's answer had had a better effect on the teacher ;)
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- homonculus 14y agoOnly if the previous two sentences contain "had written."
- gruseom 14y agoNo, crntaylor has it right: we're supposed to understand that James wrote what he did because it had had a better effect on the teacher in the past. That's how you can justify squeezing that one last "had" in there.