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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Past tenses
Hello, I found this sentence. When I was learning /learned to drive I was living with my parents. Could we also say When I was learning to drive I lived with my parents and When I learned to drive I lived with my parents? Are there any differneces in meaning?
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Hello, I found this sentence. -- Which sentence did you find? What you have written represents 2 sentences.
- Hello, I found this sentence.
- -- Which sentence did you find?
- What you have written represents 2 sentences.
- When I was learning to drive I lived with my parents.
- -- This tells where you were living during that time in your life.
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Hello, I found this sentence. When I was learning /learned to drive I was living with my parents.-- Which sentence did you find? What you have written represents 2 sentences.
When I was learning to drive I lived with my parents. -- This tells where you were living during that time in your life.
When I learned to drive I lived with my parents -- This tells where
When I was learning to drive I lived with my parents. -- This tells where you were living during that time in your life.
When I learned to drive I lived with my parents -- This tells where
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I found both. When I was learning to drive I was living with my parents and When I learned to drive I was living with my parents.
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Both are fine. The first is thinking about the learning process; the second is thinking about the fact of learning.
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