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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Past progresive or continuos

yesterday at 5 o'clock i eat

  

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anonymous yesterday at 5 o'clock i eat It is awkward but meaning is clear. Good English with parenthetical context : ( Last time) I ate (was ) at five o'clock yesterday .

  • anonymous yesterday at 5 o'clock i eat It is awkward but meaning is clear.
  • Good English with parenthetical context : ( Last time) I ate (was ) at five o'clock yesterday .
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anonymous

yesterday at 5 o'clock i eat It is awkward but meaning is clear.


Good English with parenthetical context : ( Last time) I ate (was ) at five o'clock yesterday.

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I think what you are trying to say is as follows:

Yesterday, I ate at 5 o'clock. OR I ate at five o'clock yesterday.

You only need to use the past tense of eat which is ate.

If you want to describe a continuous action in the past, then you could say:

I was eating at 5 o'clock when you phoned.

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