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Prple Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

talked to her / was talking to her

I want to express that two people had a conversation about sth. in the past. Can I say both: "I talked to her / with her about it" and "I was talking with her / to her about it" ? Thanks!
  

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If you use the past continuous (was talking), I get the feel that you are about to add something. I talked to her about it. (simple fact) I was talking to her about it (and she added new information / and she got very upset / but I didn't understand her problem).

— Philip

  • If you use the past continuous (was talking), I get the feel that you are about to add something.
  • I talked to her about it.
  • (simple fact) I was talking to her about it (and she added new information / and she got very upset / but I didn't understand her problem).
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If you use the past continuous (was talking), I get the feel that you are about to add something.

I talked to her about it. (simple fact)
I was talking to her about it (and she added new information / and she got very upset / but I didn't understand her problem).
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Ah, alright, so to say, I could say something like: "I was talking with her about it, but I do not know if she did it"?
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"I was talking with her about it last night." This gives the impression that the conversation about the topic was not finished.
"I talked with her about it last night." This gives the impression that you both came to a decision or conclusion.
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