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Cho7712 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Past continuous ?
i.e. 1. Last summer I traveled through China.
2 . Last summer I was traveling through China.
In my textbook, it give a paraphrase of each sentence's meaning as follows,
1. for some time during the summer
2. throughout the summer
However, does it seem contradictory of the past continuous use in such examples?
e.g. The boy was coughing all night long. (the action which is repeated for some time in the past)
How can I accept the first two sentence's difference? or else the textbook might be wrong, I hope.
2 . Last summer I was traveling through China.
In my textbook, it give a paraphrase of each sentence's meaning as follows,
1. for some time during the summer
2. throughout the summer
However, does it seem contradictory of the past continuous use in such examples?
e.g. The boy was coughing all night long. (the action which is repeated for some time in the past)
How can I accept the first two sentence's difference? or else the textbook might be wrong, I hope.
Top answer
The textbook is wrong. 1. The travel could have been part or all of the summer.
- The textbook is wrong.
- 1.
- The travel could have been part or all of the summer.
- 2.
- The travel could have been part or all of the summer and some other event occurred.
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The textbook is wrong.
1. The travel could have been part or all of the summer.
2. The travel could have been part or all of the summer and some other event occurred.
1. The travel could have been part or all of the summer.
2. The travel could have been part or all of the summer and some other event occurred.
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Thanks, Now it makes sense perfectly.
Plus, Which grmmar book would you suggest for the intermediate English learners?
Plus, Which grmmar book would you suggest for the intermediate English learners?
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I would suggest A Communicative Grammar of English, by Leech & Svartvik.
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