[Shiloh]

Hi Mr. Thomas! So I know that when you have a verb in the perfect tense you use the suffix -ed most of the time, but is that also interchangeable with the word was? You use both in the episdoes so I wasn’t sure if you could use both words or if there’s a rule as to when you can use ‘was’.

The same thing happens with the video on pluperfect: you’ve used ‘had been’ and ‘were’, are those interchangeable as well?

Thank you! And (early) Merry Christmas

[Dwane Thomas]

Hi, Shiloh!

I wish there was a quick and easy rule here. But, in all my years of reading Latin, I have seen writers jump loosely between the two. I think the only time this would matter would be during a test in school. The Romans didn’t seem to care about this as much as Latin teachers do. 🙂

When it comes to pluperfect, it’s best to stick with ‘had’. But, here, too, it probably only really matters on tests.

[Shiloh]

Ok, thank you!