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Khah Posted 11 years ago
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Had been raining/ Had rained
Paul arrived at 6 PM
When Paul arrived home it had been raining for 3 hours. (Was it raining when he arrived home? or Had it been raining only from 3 o'clock to 5:59? or maybe it had recently stopped raining.)
When Paul arrived home it had been raining . (it wasn't raining when he arrived home but it was raining before)
When Paul arrived home it had rained for 3 hours. (it wasn't raining anymore or was it still raining)
When Paul arrived home it had rained. (It was probably raining 30 minutes before he got home but it wasn't raining anymore at 6PM)
When Paul arrived home it had been raining for 3 hours. (Was it raining when he arrived home? or Had it been raining only from 3 o'clock to 5:59? or maybe it had recently stopped raining.)
When Paul arrived home it had been raining . (it wasn't raining when he arrived home but it was raining before)
When Paul arrived home it had rained for 3 hours. (it wasn't raining anymore or was it still raining)
When Paul arrived home it had rained. (It was probably raining 30 minutes before he got home but it wasn't raining anymore at 6PM)
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khah When Paul arrived home it had been raining for 3 hours. (Was it raining when he arrived home? or Had it been raining only from 3 o'clock to 5:59?
- khah When Paul arrived home it had been raining for 3 hours.
- (Was it raining when he arrived home?
- or Had it been raining only from 3 o'clock to 5:59?
- ) The information provided in your sentence (or in any sentence in any perfect tense) is not so exact and precise as that.
- There is no information there about whether it was raining when he arrived home.
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khahWhen Paul arrived home it had been raining for 3 hours. (Was it raining when he arrived home? or Had it been raining only from 3 o'clock to 5:59? or maybe it had recently stopped raining.)The information provided in your sentence (or in any sentence in any perfect tense) is not so exact and precise as that. There is no information there about whether it
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