What is the difference between these two sentences:
I went to see it because I had been told it was a good film by all my friends.
and
I went to see it because I was told it was a good film by all my friends.
passive-voicepast-tense
What is the difference between these two sentences:
I went to see it because I had been told it was a good film by all my friends.
and
I went to see it because I was told it was a good film by all my friends.
Best Answer
The way you are using your sentences they mean the same.
However, the past perfect
usually signifies something that has happened (and completed) in the more distant past than the simple past
So
means you were first told the house was brown, and then later told it was yellow.