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Originally Posted by john70t
(gettin serious. The rules of english sux.)
1). "It" might have refered to what Z had typed, or what stuartj had originally written(?).
2). "Wrote" is just slang for the more proper "had written".
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"Wrote" is the past tense of "write," it's not slang. "Had written" is the past perfect tense and it is used only to clear up confusion over which of two events occured first. It is not necessary in Z's sentence because you can't correct something until after it has happened.
"I went to the race. They wrote about them on the message board." This needs the past perfect because you don't know which happened first. "I went to the race. They had written about them on the message board," is clearer.
"I went to the race because they wrote about them on the message board," doesn't need the past perfect "had written" because the sentence makes it clear which happened first.