Question

he__by the time i reached the office (was leaving/left/had left) ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Had left is the right answer to this question.

Answer 2

Answer:

Had left is the right answer to this question.

Explanation:

It is correct. A high-school grammar teacher would give this one full marks. But an editor might want you to modify it.

It uses the past perfect tense—had left—correctly. We use this tense to indicate an action that has occurred before another action.

I am a fan of snappier sentences though. So, in speaking, I would not use this.

I’d rather say—When I reached, the train had left.

Or, still better—The train had left when I reached.

Even—The train had left shortly before I reached. (more emphatic)

The last two sentences are chronologically correct. The train leaves first, and then you reach. Your sentence is now in that order. That is better for the reader, especially if you are using this sentence in writing a story.

He had left ------ the time I reached his office​

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