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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Used or were using
hello, I would like to ask you which of the following sentences is correct.
In the past people used bicycles a lot. or In the past people were using bicycles a lot.
I would choose the second one because the first seems to me that they used them only once or twice but in the second one the activity is expressed. Which one is correct?
In the past people used bicycles a lot. or In the past people were using bicycles a lot.
I would choose the second one because the first seems to me that they used them only once or twice but in the second one the activity is expressed. Which one is correct?
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Hi, I would like to ask you which of the following sentences is correct. In the past people used bicycles a lot. The Simple Past tense s tates a simple fact about the past.
- Hi, I would like to ask you which of the following sentences is correct.
- In the past people used bicycles a lot.
- The Simple Past tense s tates a simple fact about the past.
- or In the past people were using bicycles a lot.
- The duration of an activity is more normally expressed in a context like this.
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Hi,
I would like to ask you which of the following sentences is correct.
In the past people used bicycles a lot. The Simple Past tense states a simple fact about the past.
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In the past people were using bi
I would like to ask you which of the following sentences is correct.
In the past people used bicycles a lot. The Simple Past tense states a simple fact about the past.
or
In the past people were using bi
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AnonymousIn the past people used bicycles a lot. ...
In the past people were using bicycles a lot.As I mentioned in another post, the simple past can be used for continuous activity. You don't always need to use the continuous form.
CJ
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