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Hans51 Posted 14 years ago
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I was in the USA for 2 years VS. I had been in the USA for 2 years.
I was in the USA for 2 years VS. I had been in the USA for 2 years.
I would like to say I was in the USA in the past and I spent 2 years there, and then which sentence is more correct to native English speakers?
Thank you so much as usual and take good care.
I would like to say I was in the USA in the past and I spent 2 years there, and then which sentence is more correct to native English speakers?
Thank you so much as usual and take good care.
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They both are correct and have the same meaning, but it is a good general rule to use the simplest tense that correctly expresses the meaning. Doing that also helps your learning of tenses. If you use a simple tense and someone tells you it is wrong, they can explain to you why the simpler tense is wrong and why you need a more complicated tense there.
- They both are correct and have the same meaning, but it is a good general rule to use the simplest tense that correctly expresses the meaning.
- Doing that also helps your learning of tenses.
- If you use a simple tense and someone tells you it is wrong, they can explain to you why the simpler tense is wrong and why you need a more complicated tense there.
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They both are correct and have the same meaning, but it is a good general rule to use the simplest tense that correctly expresses the meaning.
Doing that also helps your learning of tenses. If you use a simple tense and someone tells you it is wrong, they can explain to you why the simpler tense is wrong and why you need a more complicated tense there.
Doing that also helps your learning of tenses. If you use a simple tense and someone tells you it is wrong, they can explain to you why the simpler tense is wrong and why you need a more complicated tense there.
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