The subjunctive past perfect
www.englishcafe.jp › englishcollege › etense28.1.3. The subjunctive past perfect The subjunctive past perfect expresses the unreal past event. It can be considered the past form of the past subjunctive mood which was explained in the previous subsection. It is certain that the event was not occurred. It often co-occur with the if clause. See the following examples. (8) a.
Past perfect subjunctive | Grammaring
www.grammaring.com › past-perfect-subjunctiveThe past perfect subjunctive has the same form as the past perfect tense: had + past participle . It is used in subordinate clauses and expresses unreal past situations: I wish they had arrived on time. (They didn't arrive on time.) I would've bought the dress if there hadn't been such a queue. (There was a long queue, so I didn't buy the dress.)