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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Certain time phrases doing the job of tense change possible?
Hi. Please help. Would the following two sentences mean the same (or perhaps - roughly the same)? If they are the same, would you say the phrases "for the past/last/previous two years" can sort of do the job of denoting the sense of continuity that the use of a past perfect continuous would do? (I hope I have written clearly to reflect what I wanted to ask - not sure, though)
He met a person who had been suffering from an illness for two years.
He met a person who was suffering from an illness for the past/last/previous two years.
He met a person who had been suffering from an illness for two years.
He met a person who was suffering from an illness for the past/last/previous two years.
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Yes, the time expressions in the second sentence accomplish the same sense as the past perfect continuous in the first.
- Yes, the time expressions in the second sentence accomplish the same sense as the past perfect continuous in the first.
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Yes, the time expressions in the second sentence accomplish the same sense as the past perfect continuous in the first.
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