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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

about different between two past tenses

what is the different between has done and was doing ?
  

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Anonymous has done The action is finished. Anonymous was doing The action was going on, was in progress. CJ

  • Anonymous has done The action is finished.
  • Anonymous was doing The action was going on, was in progress.
  • CJ
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Anonymoushas done
The action is finished.
Anonymouswas doing
The action was going on, was in progress.

CJ
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Present Perfect(has done) is used for an action which started in past and is continued in present.
Example: What I have done is wrong. - It means that the action of doing is started somewhere in past(it doesn't matter when) and it's continued in present. What I have done, from then until now, is wrong.

Past Continuous(was doing) is used for an action from past whi

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