Past continuous or past simple
Hi everyone. I've been thinking of how to say the following idea correctly
I had ordered a parcel but they hadn't been delivering it for long.
I had ordered a parcel but they wasn't delivering it for long./ I wasn't being delivered it for long.
Is at least one of them correct or both of them are not? Thanks in advance
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Those are both incorrect, and it is somewhat hard to understand exactly what you are trying to say. You may possibly mean one of these: I've ordered a ~ but it still hasn't arrived / they still haven't delivered it. (as of now) I'd ordered a ~ but it still hadn't arrived / they still hadn't delivered it.
- Those are both incorrect, and it is somewhat hard to understand exactly what you are trying to say.
- You may possibly mean one of these: I've ordered a ~ but it still hasn't arrived / they still haven't delivered it.
- (as of now) I'd ordered a ~ but it still hadn't arrived / they still hadn't delivered it.
- (as of some time in the past) We don't normally perceive that we order a parcel.
- We perceive that we order the item inside the parcel.
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Those are both incorrect, and it is somewhat hard to understand exactly what you are trying to say. You may possibly mean one of these:
I've ordered a ~ but it still hasn't arrived / they still haven't delivered it. (as of now)
I'd ordered a ~ but it still hadn't arrived / they still hadn't delive
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