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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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past perfect?

Hi teachers

What is better to say

I had been painting since I went to universityl.Then I left university and stopped painting.
I was painting most of my time when I was at university .Then I left university and stopped painting.

I think it is not possible to say

I painted since I went to university.Then I left university and stopped painting.

Please let me know , thanks a lot
  

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I think it is not possible to sayI painted since I went to university. Right, it is not correct. Please let me know , thanks a lot

— Philip

  • I think it is not possible to sayI painted since I went to university.
  • Right, it is not correct.
  • Please let me know , thanks a lot
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Anonymous Hi teachersWhat is better to sayI had been painting since I went to universityl.Then I left university and stopped painting.I was painting most of my time when I was at university .Then I left university and stopped painting.I think it is not possible to sayI painted since I went to university. Right, it is not correct.Then I left university a
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I stopped painting when I left university.
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These are OK.
I stopped painting after I left the university.
I had stopped painting when I left the university.
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vsureshThese are OK.I stopped painting after I left the university.I had stopped painting when I left the university.
They are indeed OK, but they do not have the same meaning.
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AnonymousI stopped painting when I left university.
I agree, fivejedon. I was just responding to this post.

I think this is fine in the context "I stopped painting after I left the university."
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