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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

simple past

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01b00Todd: 02b00Oh, really. What room number are you? 02br
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01b00Phil: 02b00I'm 443. 02br
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01b00Todd: 02b00Ah, OK. Actually, I'm 430, so. 02br
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01b00Phil: 02b00I'm lucky my room's at the end of the corridor so it's really quiet. 02br
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01b00Todd: 02b00Yeah, you know, I 01u00was wondering02u00 though, at night I do my laundry sometimes and the laundry room is near your room and it makes a lot of noise. Does it keep you up at night? 02br
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01b00Phil: 02b00I've never heard it to be honest. Maybe I'm a really good sleeper. 0-
  

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0 We can use the past continuous to be polite, tentative, indirect, etc. It's a common way to introduce a question. 0-

— Milky

  • 0 We can use the past continuous to be polite, tentative, indirect, etc.
  • It's a common way to introduce a question.
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0 We can use the past continuous to be polite, tentative, indirect, etc. It's a common way to introduce a question. 0-
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0 01font01b01u00I've been wondering02u00 would also be a possibility here.02b02font00 0-
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