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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
The past
Hello, I would like to ask you about the following sentences.
Four years later I was travelling across Europe.
Four years later I travelled across Europe. Can we use both tenses? Is there any difference?
It was amazing when you sang a song on the stage.
It was amazing when you were singing a song on the stage. The same question, is there any difference between these two sentences? Can we use both tenses interchangeably here?
Thank you very much
Four years later I was travelling across Europe.
Four years later I travelled across Europe. Can we use both tenses? Is there any difference?
It was amazing when you sang a song on the stage.
It was amazing when you were singing a song on the stage. The same question, is there any difference between these two sentences? Can we use both tenses interchangeably here?
Thank you very much
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Hi How can use past tense while talking about the future?? Four years later I will be travelling across Europe. Or did you want to say 4 years ago?
- Hi How can use past tense while talking about the future??
- Four years later I will be travelling across Europe.
- Or did you want to say 4 years ago?
- (Here, it describes an interruption which occurred almost 4 years ago.
- You were actually travelling even before 4 years .
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Hi
How can use past tense while talking about the future??
Four years later I will be travelling across Europe.
Or did you want to say 4 years ago?
Four years ago, I was travelling across Europe.(Here, it describes an interruption which occurred almost 4 years ago. You were actually travelling even before 4 years. It stopped before 4 years from now.)
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How can use past tense while talking about the future??
Four years later I will be travelling across Europe.
Or did you want to say 4 years ago?
Four years ago, I was travelling across Europe.(Here, it describes an interruption which occurred almost 4 years ago. You were actually travelling even before 4 years. It stopped before 4 years from now.)
Four ye
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Four years later I was travelling across Europe.
Four years later I travelled across Europe. Can we use both tenses?- Yes. Is there any difference?-- Yes. Choice depends on the context. Past progressive is generally used in relation to some other past action.
It was amazing when you sang a song on the stage.
It was amazing when you were singing a song on the stage.
Four years later I travelled across Europe. Can we use both tenses?- Yes. Is there any difference?-- Yes. Choice depends on the context. Past progressive is generally used in relation to some other past action.
It was amazing when you sang a song on the stage.
It was amazing when you were singing a song on the stage.
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