Writing Questionsssss

WasatchWriter
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:59:04 +0000

“were” denotes the recent past. “had been” denotes the distant past.

This week is the recent past. Relative to this week, last year is the distant past.

“had been” would fit if the subject were “last year’s fireworks.” Because the subject is “this week’s fireworks” (I’m paraphrasing), “were” is the correct verb.