SolankiDas wrote:
"once considered" is past event -1
and "had brains" is another past event-2 happened before past event -1
so, past perfect is used.right?
HelloSolankiDas ,
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To answer your query, Option A actually uses the perfect infinitive, not the past perfect; the perfect infinitive verb form (“to + have + past participle” – “to have had” in this sentence) is used to refer to the earlier of two actions in the past, refer to hypothetical actions,
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