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Lev Landau Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The train was arriving at 2.55 + When it arrived at 3 = illogical?
Hi everybody,
Can someone please tell me if the following sentences will become illogical when put together?:
1. I received a call at 2:55 pm, when the train was arriving on platform no.3.
2. When the trained arrived at 3:00 pm, I saw a man dressed in black sneak out of its last car.
I'm confused because if the train only arrived at 3, then it shouldn't have been arriving at 2.55.
Thank you very much.
Can someone please tell me if the following sentences will become illogical when put together?:
1. I received a call at 2:55 pm, when the train was arriving on platform no.3.
2. When the trained arrived at 3:00 pm, I saw a man dressed in black sneak out of its last car.
I'm confused because if the train only arrived at 3, then it shouldn't have been arriving at 2.55.
Thank you very much.
Top answer
If it takes five minutes for the train to complete all the maneuvers that are part of "arriving" it's possible. I would have thought it would be more like two or three minutes, at the most.
- If it takes five minutes for the train to complete all the maneuvers that are part of "arriving" it's possible.
- I would have thought it would be more like two or three minutes, at the most.
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If it takes five minutes for the train to complete all the maneuvers that are part of "arriving" it's possible. I would have thought it would be more like two or three minutes, at the most.
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Lev LandauI'm confused because if the train only arrived at 3, then it shouldn't have been arriving at 2.55.The continuous tenses of achievement verbs like "arrive" often indicate the idea of "about to".
was arriving, therefore, suggests was about to arrive.
CJ
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