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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Please help me correct

Please help me correct

You started getting dressed 5 minutes before we were due to arrive. You are getting dressed when we are supposed to be at the restaurant.

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These are both okay. I read the first one as though you were on a plane. Then I realized it could be a short trip.

— Avangi

  • These are both okay.
  • I read the first one as though you were on a plane.
  • Then I realized it could be a short trip.
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These are both okay.

I read the first one as though you were on a plane. Then I realized it could be a short trip.Emotion: smile
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The first one, you are at home and you didn't notice the time go by, and its already the time you should be arriving at the restaurant and you start getting dressed.

You started getting dressed 5 minutes before we were due to arrive.



Is the tenses correct?

You
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Everything is correct here.
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is while or when

Are you seriously getting dressed when we are supposed to be at the restaurant?

Are you seriously getting dressed while we are supposed to be at the restaurant?



its correct to say
you didn't notice the time go by
its already the time you should be arr
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Anonymousis while or when
Both are correct!!

You are watching TV when you should be sleeping.

You were asleep when the mailman came.

The meanings are slightly different here. The mailman came at a specific moment in time.

You are doing X when/while you should be doing Y. T
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