Which is correct? I always knew that in such sentences as "He/She was right" always used past simple but recently I saw on internet a sentence "Susan had been right", I thought why author used past pe

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Which is correct? I always knew that in such sentences as "He/She was right" always used past simple but recently I saw on internet a sentence "Susan had been right", I thought why author used past perfect form? Anyway it also can be "he/she has been right". Can you please explain when I should use "was", when "has been" and when "had been"? i am confused.

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"Susan had been right" means that up until that moment, Susan was right. However, "...had been right" implies that something happened or was discovered that showed Susan was not right after that point of time.

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