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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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A year earlier
I had studied Science a year earlier
I had been studying Science a year earlier.
What's the difference?
I had been studying Science a year earlier.
What's the difference?
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) I had been studying Science a year earlier. (past perfect continuous verb) The difference between the continuous form and the non-continuous form is consistent among all the tenses. The difference between your two sentences is about the same as the difference between these two: I studied yesterday.
- ) I had been studying Science a year earlier.
- (past perfect continuous verb) The difference between the continuous form and the non-continuous form is consistent among all the tenses.
- The difference between your two sentences is about the same as the difference between these two: I studied yesterday.
- I was studying yesterday.
- The past perfect tense is not really suitable for isolated sentences.
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I had studied Science a year earlier (past perfect verb, no full stop.)
I had been studying Science a year earlier. (past perfect continuous verb)
The difference between the continuous form and the non-continuous form is consistent among all the tenses.
The difference between your two sentences is about the same as the difference between these two:
I studied ye
I had been studying Science a year earlier. (past perfect continuous verb)
The difference between the continuous form and the non-continuous form is consistent among all the tenses.
The difference between your two sentences is about the same as the difference between these two:
I studied ye
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AnonymousI had studied science a year earlier.............................. [studied]< .... one year .... >[R] ........................ [NOW]
[studied] is a closed block of time. This is a report of an event.
AnonymousI had been studyi
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