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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

should i use continous or simple tense?

I don't know whether I should have used the continuous - was growing up. What do you think? Should I have used - as my brother grew up?

I moved out of the house just as my brother was growing up.
  

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I moved out of the house just as my brother was growing up. He was still growing up. I moved out of the house just as my brother had grown up.

  • I moved out of the house just as my brother was growing up.
  • He was still growing up.
  • I moved out of the house just as my brother had grown up.
  • He already (was)(had) grown up.
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I moved out of the house just as my brother was growing up. Emotion: yes He was still growing up.

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