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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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continuous versus simple past

continuous versus simple past?

She was looking down when I looked at her. She was looking down when I /was looking at her.
  

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I read this as a single action, so I would use the simple past: She was looking down when I looked at her.

  • I read this as a single action, so I would use the simple past: She was looking down when I looked at her.
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I read this as a single action, so I would use the simple past:

She was looking down when I looked at her.

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