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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Walked past
Can I say,
(a) Two men walked past a bank when an incident happened.
(b) They walked past Miss Lim when she took out her money from the Atm.
(a) Two men walked past a bank when an incident happened.
(b) They walked past Miss Lim when she took out her money from the Atm.
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I try to use the past continuous to describe an action in progress when another action happened (simple past). Two men were walking past a bank when the incident happened. They walked past Miss Lim while she was getting money from the ATM.
- I try to use the past continuous to describe an action in progress when another action happened (simple past).
- Two men were walking past a bank when the incident happened.
- They walked past Miss Lim while she was getting money from the ATM.
- Two actions in progress: They were driving their car while it was raining hard.
- Two simple actions: The man tripped when he arrived at the corner.
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I try to use the past continuous to describe an action in progress when another action happened (simple past).
Two men were walking past a bank when the incident happened.
They walked past Miss Lim while she was getting money from the ATM.
Two actions in progress: They were driving their car while it was raining hard.
Two simple actions: The man tripped when h
Two men were walking past a bank when the incident happened.
They walked past Miss Lim while she was getting money from the ATM.
Two actions in progress: They were driving their car while it was raining hard.
Two simple actions: The man tripped when h
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