Past tenses
Hello. Could you please say if the past continuous verb form is used correctly in this sentence? The book I took this sentence from says that it should be 'were written'. Thank you.
Just imagine that when these words were being written, European had not yet discovered America.
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anonymous Hello. Could you please say if the past continuous verb form is used correctly in this sentence? Yes, that sentence is grammatical and meaningful.
- anonymous Hello.
- Could you please say if the past continuous verb form is used correctly in this sentence?
- Yes, that sentence is grammatical and meaningful.
- anonymous The book I took this sentence from says that it should be 'were written'.
- That depends on the intended meaning.
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anonymousHello. Could you please say if the past continuous verb form is used correctly in this sentence?
Yes, that sentence is grammatical and meaningful.
anonymousThe book I took this sentence from says that it should be 'were written'.
That depends on the intended meaning.
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0anonymousJust imagine that when these words ______, Europeans had not yet discovered America.
"were written" calls up the image of a piece of paper with words written on it.
"were being written" calls up the image of someone with pen in hand busily scratching out words on paper.
The text "Europeans had no
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