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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Hello, I found this sentence: It was the summer your mother was staying with us. Could also the past simple be used in this sentence? It was the summer your mother stayed with us?
And how about this sentence? During the last summer we stayed in a beautiful hotel in Spain. Would it also be correct to say During the last summer we were staying in a beautiful hotel in Spain?
And how about this sentence? During the last summer we stayed in a beautiful hotel in Spain. Would it also be correct to say During the last summer we were staying in a beautiful hotel in Spain?
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All four are correct. "During the last summer" is a bit uncommon in this particular use. " "During the previous summer" would work.
- All four are correct.
- "During the last summer" is a bit uncommon in this particular use.
- " "During the previous summer" would work.
- Your original would work where you're speaking of the last of several summers.
- Before I went to college, we always spent our summers at the beach in Maine.
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All four are correct.
"During the last summer" is a bit uncommon in this particular use.
We'd probably say, "Last summer we stayed/were staying etc."
"During the previous summer" would work.
Your original would work where you're speaking of the last of several summers.
Before I went to college, we always spent our summers at the beach in Maine.
During t
"During the last summer" is a bit uncommon in this particular use.
We'd probably say, "Last summer we stayed/were staying etc."
"During the previous summer" would work.
Your original would work where you're speaking of the last of several summers.
Before I went to college, we always spent our summers at the beach in Maine.
During t
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