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Everlastinghope Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
Please,is it correct to say "while I was reading a book,the phone rang",or " While I was getting ready,I listened to music"?,though we know that the verbs " rang and listened" are progressive verbs and shouldn't be in past simple.I know that the verbs " rang and listened" interrupted the other verbs but they should occur in past progressive rather than past simple.
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While I was reading a book,the phone rang. -- These are perfectly fine and quite common sentence structures. The duration of the interrupting action is not important; what is important is that it interrupts: therefore, simple aspect
- While I was reading a book,the phone rang.
- -- These are perfectly fine and quite common sentence structures.
- The duration of the interrupting action is not important; what is important is that it interrupts: therefore, simple aspect
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While I was reading a book,the phone rang. While I was getting ready,I listened to music.--These are perfectly fine and quite common sentence structures. The duration of the interrupting action is not important; what is important is that it interrupts: therefore, simple aspect
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