If I write: “David and his dad were arguing. Xnxx Among the causes of the discontent was a general feeling that grammar and ‘good writing’ (whatever that is) are not as well represented as they might be among the top stories on this site. The only question was why? Thanks POV! We’re talking about the past perfect here, so the word ‘had’ will be the variant we’re using. Writing about writing is notoriously fraught with danger. You only want to use it when you are referring to something that happened before the main timeframe you’re writing in. Can it be shorter? When two women or two men go at it you end up with problems. So err… that’s all my thoughts for now. Simplicity and brevity are pretty self-explanatory virtues, I think.
