The past perfect (pluperfect) tense can be seen to be used to describe the earlier action or occurrence in a sentence where two actions or occurrences in the past are stated.
This is not so in the case of the following sentence found in the section highlighting the various sections that are contained in a particular issue of a popular national English daily.
We should all learn from the past, and 2010 had offered us a few lessons where health is concerned.
However, in the particular section itself the correct version appears therein.
We should all learn from the past, and 2010 has offered us a few lessons where health is concerned.
The mistake in the earlier version could be just a typesetting error or a mistake subsequently corrected by the editor.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
The Past Perfect Tense is used instead of the correct Present Perfect Tense
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