Past perfect
Past perfect noun - A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past.
Usage example: `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect
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Perfect and past perfect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perfect" instead a noun phrase "Past perfect".
Perfect
Perfect noun - A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect).
Past perfect and perfect are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Past perfect" with "Perfect", this terms are similar.
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