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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

In all the previous matches we had been playing excellently that season!

Hello all.

My teacher gave a senetnce where ven she started to doubt whteher a native speaker would ever say it.

Here is the sentence:

We were so dissapointed when our game was interrupted. In all the previous matches we had been playing excellently that season!

Or only "we had played" is correct?

Thanks!
  

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Anonymous We were so disappointed when our game was interrupted. In all the previous matches we had been playing excellently that season! Or only "we had played" is correct?

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous We were so disappointed when our game was interrupted.
  • In all the previous matches we had been playing excellently that season!
  • Or only "we had played" is correct?
  • Both verb forms are fine and synonymous there.
  • The continuous just shows a bit more emotion from the speaker, with a bit more hope that they will continue to play well.
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AnonymousWe were so disappointed when our game was interrupted. In all the previous matches we had been playing excellently that season! Or only "we had played" is correct?
Both verb forms are fine and synonymous there. The continuous just shows a bit more emotion from the speaker, with a bit more hope that they will continue to play well.
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