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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
lived, had lived or had been living?
I'm debating which of these sentece forms is the most correct one:
The man lived/had lived/had been living in the house for a year.
Maybe there's more then one way to write it?
Thanks
The man lived/had lived/had been living in the house for a year.
Maybe there's more then one way to write it?
Thanks
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None of these are natural unless there is another event also in the past that happened after he had lived there for a year. The man had been living in the house for a year before the neighbors realized he was a famous actor.
- None of these are natural unless there is another event also in the past that happened after he had lived there for a year.
- The man had been living in the house for a year before the neighbors realized he was a famous actor.
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None of these are natural unless there is another event also in the past that happened after he had lived there for a year.
The man had been living in the house for a year before the neighbors realized he was a famous actor.
The man had been living in the house for a year before the neighbors realized he was a famous actor.
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