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Omar Ahmed Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

I think both 'a' & 'b' are OK. Am I right?

  

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Yes, you're right, but I mostly agree with the past continuous 1. Once you use the past simple : The sentence means: When Nader was in Sharm El-Sheik, he used to sunbath a lot. = past activity no longer he did 2.

  • Yes, you're right, but I mostly agree with the past continuous 1.
  • Once you use the past simple : The sentence means: When Nader was in Sharm El-Sheik, he used to sunbath a lot.
  • = past activity no longer he did 2.
  • com/past-continuous-for-temporary-habitual-actions-in-the-past Past continuous for temporary habitual actions in the past The past continuous is used to express repeated or habitual actions in the past that were temporary: At that time, she was meeting him twice a week.
  • When I lived in London, I was getting up at 5 am to be able to get to work by 6.
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Yes, you're right, but I mostly agree with the past continuous

1. Once you use the past simple :

The sentence means: When Nader was in Sharm El-Sheik, he used to sunbath a lot. = past activity no longer he did

2. https://www.grammaring.com/past-continuous-for-tempor

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