Which sentence is correct?
1) The arrangements had been made and then the guests have arrived.
2) The arrangements had been made and then the guests arrived.
If I use "then" the time is somehow determined, so I should use past simple. Am I right?
Is past perfect justified here?
Best Answer
according to your sentence the first action that had happened was making the arrangements and the second action was the guests arrival so as a fact that both occured in past for the first one you should use past perfect and for the second one past simple so the second sentence is correct: The arrangements had been made then the guests arrived