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Olive file 673 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Use of tense to express frequency

I'd like to know if I am right about these two sentences:

He was expelled because he had been misbehaving. This means he misbehaved on several occasions, probably over a period of time.

He was expelled because he had misbehaved. This means he misbehaved once, or a few times.

  

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Yes, that's the general idea.

  • Yes, that's the general idea.
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Yes, that's the general idea.

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