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Nkspb Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The implication of the Past Simple/Continuous

Hello everybody!

Help me, please, to understand the following.

Does this sentence strictly imply that one doesn't learn English anymore?

"I was studying English for a year"

I tend to believe that this sentence just tells that one was studying, but whether they stopped studying or not it says nothing, On the other hand, if to use the Past Simple ("I studied English for a year"), this strictly means that they don't study it anymore.

Am I correct in these assumptions?
Thanks!
  

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nkspb I tend to believe that this sentence just says tells that one was studying, but whether they stopped studying or not , it says nothing No, that's not correct. It definitely implies that the studying finished. nkspb On the other hand, if to use the Past Simple ("I studied English for a year"), this strictly means that they don't study it anymore.

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  • nkspb I tend to believe that this sentence just says tells that one was studying, but whether they stopped studying or not , it says nothing No, that's not correct.
  • It definitely implies that the studying finished.
  • nkspb On the other hand, if to use the Past Simple ("I studied English for a year"), this strictly means that they don't study it anymore.
  • That's correct.
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nkspbI tend to believe that this sentence just says tells that one was studying, but whether they stopped studying or not, it says nothing
No, that's not correct. It definitely implies that the studying finished.
nkspbOn the other hand, if to use the Past Simple ("I studied English for a year"), this strictly me
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