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SnegSibiry Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect continuous or Past simple?

Greetings, guys!

I wonder if this sentence is correct: "One more famous spiritual place, which construction lasted for 10 years and was finished in 1666"

Or should it be written with past perfect continuos " .. had been lasting...".

Or maybe there is another correct option?

  

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SnegSibiry I wonder if this sentence is correct: "One more famous spiritual place, which construction lasted for 10 years and was finished in 1666" It's not. Are you sure you've got all the words in there? SnegSibiry should it be written with past perfect continuo u s " ..

— CalifJim

  • SnegSibiry I wonder if this sentence is correct: "One more famous spiritual place, which construction lasted for 10 years and was finished in 1666" It's not.
  • Are you sure you've got all the words in there?
  • SnegSibiry should it be written with past perfect continuo u s " ..
  • " Definitely not.
  • "last" is a non-progressive verb.
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SnegSibiryI wonder if this sentence is correct: "One more famous spiritual place, which construction lasted for 10 years and was finished in 1666"

It's not. Are you sure you've got all the words in there?

SnegSibiryshould it be written with past perfect continuous " .. had been lasting.
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