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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Be -ing since/for~
Could you check which one is right among the following sentences? Thank you.
A1. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years.
A2. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he got married.
A3. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he had got married.
A4. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years after he got married.
A5. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years after he had got married.
A6. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he was in his 20s.
A7. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he was young.
B1. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010.
B2. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since he got married.
B3. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since he had got married.
B4. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 when he got married.
B5. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 when he had got married.
B6. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 after he got married.
B7. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 after he had got married.
B8. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 when he was in his 20s.
B9. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 when he was young.
A1. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years.
A2. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he got married.
A3. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he had got married.
A4. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years after he got married.
A5. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years after he had got married.
A6. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he was in his 20s.
A7. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he was young.
B1. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010.
B2. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since he got married.
B3. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since he had got married.
B4. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 when he got married.
B5. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 when he had got married.
B6. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 after he got married.
B7. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 after he had got married.
B8. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 when he was in his 20s.
B9. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school since 2010 when he was young.
Top answer
A1. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years.
- A1.
- Mr.
- Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years.
- Mr.
- Baker taught high school chemistry for five years.
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A1. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years.
Mr. Baker taught high school chemistry for five years.
A2. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he got married.
Mr. Baker had been teaching high school chemistry for five years when he got married.
A3. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years wh
Mr. Baker taught high school chemistry for five years.
A2. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years when he got married.
Mr. Baker had been teaching high school chemistry for five years when he got married.
A3. Mr. Baker was teaching chemistry at high school for five years wh
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lucas21cwhich one is right among the following sentences?Note that the past continuous is not used much with a for-phrase of time or a since-phrase of time.
Note also that the combination of a since-phrase of time and a when-clause with a stative verb is almost never used because it is so awkward, as in your last two sentences.
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I see. Could you tell me whether my grammatical judgements are right on the following sentences? I did it for myself, so I am not sure whether they are right. Also, I think they are too many, so you don’t have to correct them at all. Please just check whether what I did is right. (O: correct, X: wrong, ?: unjudgeable - please tell me whether it is right)
[the past perfect form]
A1. Mr
[the past perfect form]
A1. Mr
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No, no, no! I'm not going to do all that!
I spent a very long time doing the first one, and I just don't have the time to look at all that when there are so many other students who want answers.
(You haven't even bothered to change the unidiomatic "chemistry at high school" to the more idiomatic "high school chemistry", by the way.)
Sorry.
I spent a very long time doing the first one, and I just don't have the time to look at all that when there are so many other students who want answers.
(You haven't even bothered to change the unidiomatic "chemistry at high school" to the more idiomatic "high school chemistry", by the way.)
Sorry.
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I understand it. I am sorry that I demanded a lot. Anyway, I always appreciate your help. 
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