Past perfect + conjuction? + simple past

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

Hi,

Is it necessary to use a conjunction to connect the “past perfect” and the “simple past”?

Thanks

2

Your question is hard to envision without a sample sentence, David, but since a clause can have only one finite verb, I would certainly guess ‘Yes’.

3

Thanks Mister Micawber

4

There may be exceptions, like ellipsis of “that”:

  • She had destroyed the documents, she wrote; she had burnt them in the fire and … .
5

Thanks Cerberus