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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Example of "been thinking"?

How can I say, for example, "all that time I have been thinking that apple is a vegetable", but now I know that apple is a fruit, should I say "all that time I thought that apple is a vegetable" ? If both are correct what is the difference?

  

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All that time I was thinking that apples were vegetables, but now I know they are fruit. All that time I thought that apples were vegetables, but then I learned that they were/are fruit. Both are OK.

— Clive

  • All that time I was thinking that apples were vegetables, but now I know they are fruit.
  • All that time I thought that apples were vegetables, but then I learned that they were/are fruit.
  • Both are OK.
  • In #1, the continuous tense stresses 'for a long time', ie duration.
  • #2 just states a simple fact
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All that time I was thinking that apples were vegetables, but now I know they are fruit.

All that time I thought that apples were vegetables, but then I learned that they were/are fruit.


Both are OK.

In #1, the continuous tense stresses 'for a long time', ie duration.

#2 just states a simple fact

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anonymousall that time I thought that apple is a vegetable

Use one of these:

All that time I thought that apples were vegetables.
All that time I had thought that apples were vegetables.
All that time I was thinking that apples were vegetables.
All the time I had been thinking that apples were vegetables.

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