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Mr genuine Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Past continuous

What's wrong with this use of "past continuous"?

- It was 2002, and I was living in Iran for two years.
  

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Freeguy It was 2002, and I was had been living in Iran for two years.

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  • Freeguy It was 2002, and I was had been living in Iran for two years.
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FreeguyIt was 2002, and I was had been living in Iran for two years.
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Freeguy What's wrong with this use of "past continuous"?- It was 2002, and I was living in Iran for two years.
The past continuous is normally used to represent activity in an indefinite period of time in the past — a period which has no definite beginning or end or duration.

'for two years' contradicts the normal usage by specifying the durati
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Do you mean that under no circumstances could the original be correct?
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FreeguyDo you mean that under no circumstances could the original be correct?
Native speakers would not use the past continuous this way. It is a sign of a non-native speaker.
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