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"I had never thought I would be surprised again in my life until I did it ."

Does it work ? I think so because doing this thing makes the man realised he had not thought about it before.But it seems that "had never thought with would" is very rarely used . I have never found it so it may be wrong .

Yves Lefol
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    until I was: to be surprised. Please fix your punctuation. – Lambie Apr 02 '23 at 14:55
  • why until" I was" and "not until I did it" because the man did a thing that he thought he could not do and that surprised him the fact that he could do it – Yves Lefol Apr 02 '23 at 15:22
  • If did refers to some action he accomplished, you need to state it. What is it that he did? Otherwise, it seems like you are only talking about being surprised. For example: I had never thought I would be surprised again in my life until I [bungee jumped]. – Lambie Apr 02 '23 at 15:26
  • Doing (whatever it was) surprised him. He hadn't expected to be surprised until he did it. (But a surprise is, by definition, something you don't expect!) – Kate Bunting Apr 02 '23 at 16:15
  • P l e a s e d o n't p u t s p a c e s b e f o r e E n g l i s h p u n c t u a t i o n.:) – tchrist Apr 02 '23 at 18:43

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The use of Past Perfect in the cited context is syntactically valid. But it's utterly pointless, since Simple Past I never thought I would be surprised again... means exactly the same.

Native speakers usually avoid using Perfect verb forms unnecessarily

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