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Alexacao Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

grammatical meaning of progressive tense

0Hi, everyone. I need help with a sentece. It goes like this: The boy was crying when his mother came in.02br
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00The normal understanding is that when the mother came in, she found her boy had already begun ( she didn't see this stage herself) and was still crying. I want to know whether the sentence may mean the moment the mother came in the boy started to cry?02br
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00Kindly help me.0-
  

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0When she entered, the boy started to cry. 02br 02br 00As she came in, the boy started to cry. 02br 02br 00The time she came in, the boy burst into tears.

— Doll

  • 0When she entered, the boy started to cry.
  • 02br 02br 00As she came in, the boy started to cry.
  • 02br 02br 00The time she came in, the boy burst into tears.
  • 02br 02br 00As soon as she entered, the boy started to cry.
  • 02br 02br 00No sooner did she enter than the boy started to cry.
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0When she entered, the boy started to cry. 02br
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00As she came in, the boy started to cry. 02br
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00The time she came in, the boy burst into tears. 02br
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00As soon as she entered, the boy started to cry. 02br
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00No sooner did she enter than the boy started to cry. 0-
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01cite10Alexacao12cite10Hi, everyone. I need help with a sentece. It goes like this: 10The boy was crying10 when his mother came in.12br
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10The normal understanding is that when the mother came in, she found her boy had already begun ( she didn't see this stage herself) and was still crying. I want to know
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0Thanks a lot for your help. 02br
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00I understand Doll's examples. Those sentences do express what my sentence mean. But what I want to know is 00whether my sentence 00may 00mean the moment the mother came in the boy started to cry?0-
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01cite10Alexacao12cite10But what I want to know is 11font10whether my sentence 11font10may 12font10mean the moment the mother came in the boy started to cry?12font12blockquote
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01cite10Alexacao12cite10Thanks a lot for your help. 12br
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10I understand Doll's examples. Those sentences do express what my sentence mean. But what I want to know is 11font10whether my sentence 11font10
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0Thank you all again for your help. 02br
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00May I now understand the sentence in only the following way?02br
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00 boy’s crying(going on)02br
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00 ———————·———————02br
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00 mother’s coming in (at one poin
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