Diamond Tiara hadn’t been catching glances at her despite the suspicious behaviour during their field trip the other day, Rumble was looking a lot less tense than before, and Miss Cheerilee had just announced a surprise for the whole class.
Diamond Tiara hadn’t been casting glances at her despite the suspicious behaviour during their field trip the other day, Rumble was looking a lot less tense than before, and Miss Cheerilee had just announced a surprise for the whole class.
6459010 "had had" is correct in this scenario - because Apple Bloom telling Scootaloo is in the past of the narrative, and the run-in was already in the past at that point, so you get the double-had for the run-in being in the further past of a reference point already in the past.
Your "corrected" version implies that what Apple Bloom said was something like "they're having a run-in" not something like "they had a run-in" - that is, that the run-in was happening at the same time as Apple Bloom was telling her about it.
Diamond Tiara hadn’t been casting glances at her despite the suspicious behaviour during their field trip the other day, Rumble was looking a lot less tense than before, and Miss Cheerilee had just announced a surprise for the whole class.
Apple Bloom had told her the two boys had had a run-in earlier,
Correction:Apple Bloom had told her the two boys had a run-in earlier,
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"had had" is correct in this scenario - because Apple Bloom telling Scootaloo is in the past of the narrative, and the run-in was already in the past at that point, so you get the double-had for the run-in being in the further past of a reference point already in the past.
Your "corrected" version implies that what Apple Bloom said was something like "they're having a run-in" not something like "they had a run-in" - that is, that the run-in was happening at the same time as Apple Bloom was telling her about it.