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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Past simple or continuous

If you were to use "when" what would the difference be if both were correct grammatically?

1 He recoiled when I came in to kiss him/I was coming in to kiss him.

If you were to use "as"?

2 He recoiled as I came in to kiss him/I was coming in to kiss him.

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Either of those would be correct in both 1 and 2. There is just the nuanced difference in time, with a more past feel to the past verb and more of an immediacy to the time period in question to the perfect tense.

— Sam1947

  • Either of those would be correct in both 1 and 2.
  • There is just the nuanced difference in time, with a more past feel to the past verb and more of an immediacy to the time period in question to the perfect tense.
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Either of those would be correct in both 1 and 2.

There is just the nuanced difference in time, with a more past feel to the past verb and more of an immediacy to the time period in question to the perfect tense.
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