Did something happen to you?
He happened to glance over the passage before class, the only portion of the last night’s assigned reading that he had actually looked at.
Why should He had happened to glance over? Are the two statements above correct? Does a current or former car need to be changed?
How do I understand someone?
He happened to glance is simple past: we use this to talk about something completed in the past. The word before places this activity before class. On the surface, our sentence was grammatically correct. That sentence was a very good sentence but maybe not the best.
He had happened to glance past perfect, at the room he had passed. We use this to talk about something completed that took place before certain other event in the past (for example before class). Whenever the word ” before” specifies the year or month it took place, compared with the past perfect statement.
He happened to have glanced is present perfect: we use this to talk about something completed in the past which has some lasting effect, or some thing started in the past and is still happening. How did he come into class after reading this section of texts? Which option might be worth choosing this summer, since
it is likely to be the best option of all three.
He happened to glance is simple past: we use this to talk about something completed in the past. The word before places this activity before class. On the surface, our sentence was grammatically correct. That sentence was a very good sentence but maybe not the best.
He had happened to glance past perfect, at the room he had passed. We use this to talk about something completed that took place before certain other event in the past (for example before class). Whenever the word ” before” specifies the year or month it took place, compared with the past perfect statement.
He happened to have glanced is present perfect: we use this to talk about something completed in the past which has some lasting effect, or some thing started in the past and is still happening. How did he come into class after reading this section of texts? Which option might be worth choosing this summer, since
it is likely to be the best option of all three.
