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"The gunman and Dr O'Neal had been engaged, and were had been planning to marry on 27 October - but that date passed without a wedding, according to CBS Chicago."
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          Yes, you are correct.
          As the verb of this clause, were planning (past continuous tense) and had been planning (past perfect continuous tense) are mutually exclusive.



          Looks like you've found a typo !






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          It's an editorial typo. It was originally one way, but they meant for the other version to go to print. ("They were planning" vs "They had been planning"). It might be the result of oversight or an artifact from the editing software. I expect it will be updated and corrected. (Yes, it is "wrong.")






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            Yes, you are correct.
            As the verb of this clause, were planning (past continuous tense) and had been planning (past perfect continuous tense) are mutually exclusive.



            Looks like you've found a typo !






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            As the verb of this clause, were planning (past continuous tense) and had been planning (past perfect continuous tense) are mutually exclusive.



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            As the verb of this clause, were planning (past continuous tense) and had been planning (past perfect continuous tense) are mutually exclusive.



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