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Hello, as fas as I know only the second sentence is correct: as soon as sth happened = when / after sth happened. BUT: No sooner had I opened the door than the phone began to ring.
They �re both acceptable, but the meaning is a little different. In a) there is a sequence: you saw the dress and THEN knew you would buy it. In b) the two actions (seeing and knowing) occur concurrently...
I disagree. I think there is a sequence in both. Albeit, they are very close together in time. Simple past or past perfect is really up to the writer/speaker. Simple past is used for a past event that doesn �t state the exact time. This is probably the better choice.
I would use past Perfect Simple in order to express anteriority: first I saw, then I knew. So the correct sentence should be: As soon as I had seen .....I knew.
The only exception I know is with AFTER: After I saw .... I knew, because as far as I know AFTER implies anteriority, so no need to use Past Simple.
