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Marold Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Correction of a sentence

"Meanwhile, as we were waiting for the train, we talked about what we are going to do at Christmas."

Is this sentence correct?

Could I use "we were talking" instead of the present simple tense?

Could I use "while or when" instead of "as"?

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

Is this sentence correct? Looks fine to me, assuming it follows another sentence that requires the "meanwhile" Could I use "we were talking" instead of the present simple tense? Yes, the progressive form implies a longer talk than the simple tense.

— Vorpar

  • Is this sentence correct?
  • Looks fine to me, assuming it follows another sentence that requires the "meanwhile" Could I use "we were talking" instead of the present simple tense?
  • Yes, the progressive form implies a longer talk than the simple tense.
  • Could I use " while or when " instead of " as "?
  • Yes.
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Is this sentence correct?
Looks fine to me, assuming it follows another sentence that requires the "meanwhile"

Could I use "we were talking" instead of the present simple tense?
Yes, the progressive form implies a longer talk than the simple tense.

Could I use "while or when" instead of "as"?
Yes.
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what we are going to do at Christmas.
This implies that Christmas has not arrived at the time your sentence is spoken.

It also implies that the conversation happened in the recent past.

Clive
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