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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

I had been speaking to my friend

I had been speaking to my friend about this, but he had not contacted me since.

I've been speaking to my friend about this, but he hasn't contacted me since.

What is the difference between these sentences?

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OK, these sentences aren't really clear. Let me just try to explain this to you. I had been speaking to my friend until X "had been really tries to say something was happening before/until X; X happened after the event following had been[speaking to my friend]" So, essentially it means you were speaking[continued to speak- continuous action] until something happened afterwards.

— Karansardana

  • OK, these sentences aren't really clear.
  • Let me just try to explain this to you.
  • I had been speaking to my friend until X "had been really tries to say something was happening before/until X; X happened after the event following had been[speaking to my friend]" So, essentially it means you were speaking[continued to speak- continuous action] until something happened afterwards.
  • So, the first sentence would have made sense if you had included a later relational event in your sentence.
  • For example- I had been speaking to my friend until I met with an accident, but he had has not contacted me since[requires a point in time you're referring to here- "I met with an accident" is that point here].
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OK, these sentences aren't really clear. Let me just try to explain this to you.

I had been speaking to my friend until X "had been really tries to say something was happening before/until X; X happened after the event following had been[speaking to my friend]" So, essentially it means you were speaking[continued to speak- continuous action] until something happened afterwards.
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