Question

He wrote back to us that the auction sale __________________ place the previous week.

Answer 1

By filling in the blank space we will get ''He wrote back to us that the auction sale took place the previous week''.

Explanation:

• Correcting the sentences requires the proper use of grammar.

• Proper use of grammatical organization and all the dependent and independent clauses.

• The main thing is we should focus on the use of the proper form of the verb.

• The use of 's' or 'es' depends upon the use of the form of a singular or plural verb.

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Answer 2

He wrote back to us that the auction sale had taken place the previous week.

Explanation:

• "Had taken" is the past perfect tense. Refers to a time earlier than some other event, both of which were before now. It makes it clear that one event happened before another in the past.
• The past perfect denotes to a time "earlier than before now". It is used to make it clear that "one event happened before" "another in the past"
• In the above case the "he wrote back to us" is one part, "the auction sale had taken place", & "the previous week,"  are other parts of the sentence that refers to a time earlier than some other event, both of which were before now

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