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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

in progress/go on/continue

Hello,
Can we say: "After twenty years of constant battles the war was still in progress/was still going on/continued."? For some reason I think that "in progress" and "go on" don't suit the context. I am open to suggestions. I was thinking of "rage on".
  

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"? Yes. Gene93 For some reason I think that "in progress" and "go on" don't suit the context.

— Mister Micawber

  • "?
  • Yes.
  • Gene93 For some reason I think that "in progress" and "go on" don't suit the context.
  • For the limited context that is given, they are fine.
  • Gene93 I was thinking of "rage on".
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Gene93Can we say: "After twenty years of constant battles the war was still in progress/was still going on/continued."?
Yes.
Gene93For some reason I think that "in progress" and "go on" don't suit the context.
For the limited context that is given, they are fine.
Gene93 I was thinking of "rage on".
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The war started in year 1205 AD and after twenty years of constant battles it was still in progress/going on/still continued. Doesn't "go on" make the sentence sound a little odd?
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Gene93Doesn't "go on" make the sentence sound a little odd?
Not at all; it does not even sound very informal.

The war started in year 1205 AD and after twenty years of constant battles it was still in progress..
The war started in year 1205 AD and after twenty years of constant battles it was still going on.
The war started in
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