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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Taught / was teaching

Can I say,

She was teaching / taught me how to read and write when I was three years old.
  

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Either is ok, depending on what you want to emphasize. How about: She started teaching me to read and write when I was three years old.

  • Either is ok, depending on what you want to emphasize.
  • How about: She started teaching me to read and write when I was three years old.
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Either is ok, depending on what you want to emphasize. How about: She started teaching me to read and write when I was three years old.

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