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Are both variants grammatically correct and natural?
1) My grandfather had owned a hotel until he sold it.
2) My grandfather owned a hotel until he sold it.
It seems to me that both are correct. In my textbook there is only one correct answer given in the key ('owned'). If there is more than one correct answer, they usually give all the possible options in this textbook, but they didn't give "had owned". Is "had owned" also possible?
1) My grandfather had owned a hotel until he sold it.
2) My grandfather owned a hotel until he sold it.
It seems to me that both are correct. In my textbook there is only one correct answer given in the key ('owned'). If there is more than one correct answer, they usually give all the possible options in this textbook, but they didn't give "had owned". Is "had owned" also possible?
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