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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Listening

Hello, could you please tell me which of the following sentences is correct? Or are both of them correct and possible?

I was trying to explain it to him but he did not listen.
I was trying to explain it to him but he was not listening.
  

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Hi, could you please tell me which of the following sentences is correct? Or are both of them correct and possible? I was trying to explain it to him but he did not listen.

— Clive

  • Hi, could you please tell me which of the following sentences is correct?
  • Or are both of them correct and possible?
  • I was trying to explain it to him but he did not listen.
  • I was trying to explain it to him but he was not listening.
  • Neither is incorrect dependng on the context, but in most contexts it would be more natural to say I tried to explain it to him but he did not listen.
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Hi,
could you please tell me which of the following sentences is correct? Or are both of them correct and possible?

I was trying to explain it to him but he did not listen.
I was trying to explain it to him but he was not listening.

Neither is incorrect dependng on the context, but in most contex
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