Which answer is correct in this sentence? ​​His girlfriend was mad because he_____not_____a dress for her. a. did, buy b. had, bought Could you please explain the difference?

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Which answer is correct in this sentence? His girlfriend was mad because he_____not_____a dress for her. a. did, buy b. had, bought Could you please explain the difference?

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If I had to choose between them, I would choose the option 'b'. That is because "the PAST PERFECT TENSE indicates that an action was completed (finished or "perfected") at some point in the past before something else happened. This tense is formed with the past tense form of "to have" (HAD) plus the past participle of the verb".

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