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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Tenses: "I was", "I have been", "I had been"
It's strange – after ten years living abroad, I seem to have lost my intuitive grasp of my mother-tongue.
I would be grateful if someone could tell me which of the following, if any, are correct:
1. "This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I was gathering this past week."
2. "This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I'd been gathering this past week."
3. "This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I've been gathering this past week."
I would be grateful if someone could tell me which of the following, if any, are correct:
1. "This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I was gathering this past week."
2. "This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I'd been gathering this past week."
3. "This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I've been gathering this past week."
Top answer
Anonymous 1. " This seems OK to me.
- Anonymous 1.
- " This seems OK to me.
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Anonymous1. "This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I was gathering this past week."This seems OK to me.
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I assume you gathered some one day, more another day, yet more a third day?
This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I'd gathered OR I'd been gathering over the past week.
This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I'd gathered OR I'd been gathering over the past week.
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Hi Barbara,
I was gathering them all week, including today. If it wasn't for the fact that I'd been gathering them today, I'd just have gone for your second suggestion...
I was gathering them all week, including today. If it wasn't for the fact that I'd been gathering them today, I'd just have gone for your second suggestion...
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Hi BarabaraPA
I want to know the difference between past continuous and past perfect continuous here
Please tell me if these are OK.
I am cooking the mushrooms I was gathering/gathered the whole past week.
This afternoon I was cooking the mushrooms I had been gathering/ had gathered the whole past week.
I want to know the difference between past continuous and past perfect continuous here
Please tell me if these are OK.
I am cooking the mushrooms I was gathering/gathered the whole past week.
This afternoon I was cooking the mushrooms I had been gathering/ had gathered the whole past week.
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If you gathered them today, but you're now cooking, the time of gathering is now over.
There are a few ways to say it, and they all have the same meaning -- or close to the same meaning.
I gathered over the past week.
I'd gathered over the past week.
I'd been gathering over the past week.
If you say I've been gathering" it suggests to me that the collection conti
There are a few ways to say it, and they all have the same meaning -- or close to the same meaning.
I gathered over the past week.
I'd gathered over the past week.
I'd been gathering over the past week.
If you say I've been gathering" it suggests to me that the collection conti
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Anonymous1. "This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I was gathering this past week."This isn't wrong, but it wouldn't be my first choice.
Anonymous3. "This afternoon, I cooked the mushrooms I've been gathering this past week."No appreciable time gap between gathering and cooking. Consistent with "this past week".
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