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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Until

I had been working for 3 hours until he came.
I had worked for 3 hours until he came.
Are they right? And what's the difference between them?

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As far as I concerned is that I think it's not correct to use "until"In past perfect progressive.Am I right?
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AnonymousAre they right?
No. "for three hours" is not compatible with an until clause. "show up" is a more idiomatic verb than "come" in this context.

I will work until he shows up. / I'll work until he shows up.
I worked until he showed up.

The following have 'when', not 'until'.

I was working when he s
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Thank you very much.I have one more question which is is it correct to say "I had been working until he showed up."
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Anonymous.I have one more question which is is it correct to say "I had been working until he showed up."
No.
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Anonymousis it correct to say "I had been working until he showed up."
It's grammatically correct, but I don't think it's very useful. I can't think of any typical situation where I would use that sentence.

It might be something describing a habit you had in the past. You used to be in the habit of working up to the time when he showed up. Then you
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Is She had worked until he came similar to she had been working until he came?
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I think "until" isn't usually used with past perfect progressive.

Am I right?
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AnonymousIs She had worked until he came similar to she had been working until he came?
Yes.

CJ
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AnonymousI think "until" isn't usually used with past perfect progressive.
Right. The past perfect progressive is one of the least used tenses anyway, so it probably isn't used with a lot of different kinds of subordinate clauses.

CJ
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