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The students talked for an hour before the class started.
0 The students talked for an hour before the class started. 02 br
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00 Which is the right context for the above sentence, (A) or (B) or both or none of them? 02 br
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00 (A) The students had talked for an hour and then the class started. 02 br
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00 (B) The students had talked for an hour and had been doing something other than talking before the class started. 02 br
00 (I do want to know if the context (B) is possible. 0-
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00 Which is the right context for the above sentence, (A) or (B) or both or none of them? 02 br
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00 (A) The students had talked for an hour and then the class started. 02 br
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00 (B) The students had talked for an hour and had been doing something other than talking before the class started. 02 br
00 (I do want to know if the context (B) is possible. 0-
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0 There is no information in the stentence that could lead you to the interpretation in B. 0-
- 0 There is no information in the stentence that could lead you to the interpretation in B.
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0 There is no information in the stentence that could lead you to the interpretation in B. It doesn't say "They students talked for an hour, went to get some coffee, did some yoga, and then class started." 02 br
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00 The only interpretation - without other information in the sentence - is A. 0-
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00 The only interpretation - without other information in the sentence - is A. 0-
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