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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect progressive vs. past perfect
past perfect progressive vs. past perfect
After Stacy’s death, Henry burned their voluminous correspondence because he didn’t want anyone to find out that he and Stacy had been exchanging letters for years.
In the sentence above it seems that the underlined 'had been exchanging(past perfect progressive)' can be equivalent to 'had exchanged(past perfect)'.
Am I right?
(If I am not, can you tell me the difference between the two tenses?)
Regards.
After Stacy’s death, Henry burned their voluminous correspondence because he didn’t want anyone to find out that he and Stacy had been exchanging letters for years.
In the sentence above it seems that the underlined 'had been exchanging(past perfect progressive)' can be equivalent to 'had exchanged(past perfect)'.
Am I right?
(If I am not, can you tell me the difference between the two tenses?)
Regards.
Top answer
Am I right? Yes. Stenka25 can you tell me the difference between the two tenses?
- Am I right?
- Yes.
- Stenka25 can you tell me the difference between the two tenses?
- The progressive emphasizes the process over the result and is often more dramatic or immediate in effect.
- That is why it is used there.
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Stenka25 it seems that the underlined 'had been exchanging(past perfect progressive)' can be equivalent to 'had exchanged(past perfect)'.Am I right?Yes.
Stenka25can you tell me the difference between the two tenses?The progressive emphasizes the process over the result and is often more dramatic or immediate in effect. Th
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