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Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
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Can we use the past continous here?
We were visiting him every day when he was in hospital.
If so, is there any difference in the meaning between this sentnce and this followed:
We visited him every day when he was in hospital.
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Voytaszek Voytaszek wrote: Can we use the past continuous here? We were visiting him every day when he was in hospital. You may if your context includes another 'interruptive' past action.
- Voytaszek Voytaszek wrote: Can we use the past continuous here?
- We were visiting him every day when he was in hospital.
- You may if your context includes another 'interruptive' past action.
- For instance: We were visiting him every day when he was in hospital, but we suddenly had to leave town.
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VoytaszekVoytaszek wrote: Can we use the past continuous here? We were visiting him every day when he was in hospital.
You may if your context includes another 'interruptive' past action. For instance:
We were visiting him every day when he was in hospital, but we suddenly had to leave town.
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