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Cibeistone Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Question on "Past Perfect Continuous Tense"
Dear Teachers,
Is the following sentense correct? (I didn't find any example using "from...to..." with past perfect continuous tense, so don't feel comfortable with it.)
"I had been studying this course from January to March last year."
Or any better way to express this idea?
Thanks a lot!
Stone.
Is the following sentense correct? (I didn't find any example using "from...to..." with past perfect continuous tense, so don't feel comfortable with it.)
"I had been studying this course from January to March last year."
Or any better way to express this idea?
Thanks a lot!
Stone.
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Hi, Is the following sentense correct? " Or any better way to express this idea? Usually, you study a subject and you take or do a course.
- Hi, Is the following sentense correct?
- " Or any better way to express this idea?
- Usually, you study a subject and you take or do a course.
- This is correct.
- But is there any reason why you don't want to say simply 'I took this course from January to March last year'?
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Hi,
Is the following sentense correct? (I didn't find any example using "from...to..." with past perfect continuous tense, so don't feel comfortable with it.)
"I had been studying this course from January to March last year."
Or any better way to express this idea?
Usually, you study a subject and you take or do a cours
Is the following sentense correct? (I didn't find any example using "from...to..." with past perfect continuous tense, so don't feel comfortable with it.)
"I had been studying this course from January to March last year."
Or any better way to express this idea?
Usually, you study a subject and you take or do a cours
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Thanks a lot Clive! Your explanation is always comprehensive!
However, there are other things I am not sure and would like to ask further. In the sentense:
"I had been studying this subject from Janaury to March last year."
Q1) Is there an implicit "context" that the "studying" finished before March?
Q2) Is it good to use continuous tense to stress that I was study
However, there are other things I am not sure and would like to ask further. In the sentense:
"I had been studying this subject from Janaury to March last year."
Q1) Is there an implicit "context" that the "studying" finished before March?
Q2) Is it good to use continuous tense to stress that I was study
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Hi,
there are other things I am not sure and would like to ask further. In the sentense:
"I had been studying this subject from Janaury to March last year."
Q1) Is there an implicit "context" that the "studying" finished before March? No, there isn't.
Q2) Is it good to use continuous tense to stress that I was studying continuously during that
there are other things I am not sure and would like to ask further. In the sentense:
"I had been studying this subject from Janaury to March last year."
Q1) Is there an implicit "context" that the "studying" finished before March? No, there isn't.
Q2) Is it good to use continuous tense to stress that I was studying continuously during that
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