Question

The doctor came. The patient had died.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Which one of these two sentences are correct, “The patient had died before the doctor came” or “The patient died as the doctor came?” They are both correct. The difference is when the patient died. In the first sentence, the patient is already dead when the doctor arrives.

Answer 2

Explanation:

It is mainly used with the simple past tense and then it refers to an action that has already happened by the time another action had commenced. The patient had died before the doctor arrived. (NOT The patient died before the doctor had arrived.)