Since I have stopped working, I started to learn English at home.
Since I had stopped working,I started learning English at home.
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1I am going to repeat what several people suggested already: please have a look at English Language Learners. – oerkelens Nov 20 '14 at 07:58
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Please look at previous questions about the usage of present perfect vs. past perfect. This type of question has been asked numerous times. – Mari-Lou A Nov 21 '14 at 09:17
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Related: Use of Past Simple vs Past perfect in sentences with since, and When to use 'had been' + past participle of the verb – Mari-Lou A Nov 21 '14 at 09:28
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and [Grammar: Had been + vb or has been + vb](Grammar: Had been + vb or has been + vb), and “Didn't want to do X until Y happened” vs. “hadn't wanted to do X until Y happened”, and Present Perfect Vs Present Perfect Continuous and Simple Past/ Past Perfect Vs Past Perfect Continuous; – Mari-Lou A Nov 21 '14 at 09:33
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and Difference between “have had” and “having”, and I have been sick for the last week?; and Correct tense for events which happend long time ago but still have direct connection with present time. Many more others... – Mari-Lou A Nov 21 '14 at 09:36