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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

past progressive and always

I was always getting things wrong, er, and on a few occasions we got into some dangerous situations.

How past progressve tense can be used here? Is right?
Does it mean when I was getting things wrong and a few occasions of them we got into some dangerous situations.

English unlimited book B2, p144, 1.19
  

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john liao I was always getting things wrong Correct. It means I very frequently got things wrong or I habitually got things wrong . john liao Does it mean when I was getting things wrong No, not exactly when I was getting things wrong.

— CalifJim

  • john liao I was always getting things wrong Correct.
  • It means I very frequently got things wrong or I habitually got things wrong .
  • john liao Does it mean when I was getting things wrong No, not exactly when I was getting things wrong.
  • It's more like, As a consequence of the fact that I often got things wrong, on a few of those (frequent) occasions we got into a dangerous situation.
  • CJ
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john liaoI was always getting things wrong
Correct. It means I very frequently got things wrong or I habitually got things wrong.
john liaoDoes it mean when I was getting things wrong
No, not exactly when I was getting things wrong. It's more like,

As a consequence of the fact th
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