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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

continue vs start again

We heard the jingle of keys outside our door and then silence. [We continued to tickle each other/We started to tickle each other again].

Is there any difference between the two? Which one is better?
Thanks.
  

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With "continued to tickle," unless you specifically state that the action had stopped, the reader would assume that it hadn't. There were a lot of WWII jokes about American officers being put up at the homes of British gentry. After being invited to make themselves at home, they were sometimes discovered doing so in the master bedroom.

— Avangi

  • With "continued to tickle," unless you specifically state that the action had stopped, the reader would assume that it hadn't.
  • There were a lot of WWII jokes about American officers being put up at the homes of British gentry.
  • After being invited to make themselves at home, they were sometimes discovered doing so in the master bedroom.
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With "continued to tickle," unless you specifically state that the action had stopped, the reader would assume that it hadn't.

There were a lot of WWII jokes about American officers being put up at the homes of British gentry. After being invited to make themselves at home, they were sometimes discovered doing so in the master bedroom. One joke goes that a true British gentleman, upon
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Thanks, Avangi. I get it now.

Sorry but I failed to get your joke Emotion: sad. Doing what in the master bedroom? Tickling each other?
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I think at least in this respect I am ahead of N2G!!! Emotion: big smile 
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Could you explain the joke, Abil?
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