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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

'Was' grammar rule help

I don't like using 'was' or '-ing' so can the sentence below be correct?

Jake sat in Sam's chair instead of Sam.

Can the 'sat' indicate that Jake was already sitting in the chair before the sentence started?
  

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Anonymous I don't like using 'was' or '-ing' Why not? They are natural and valuable components of English tenses/aspects. Anonymous Can the 'sat' indicate that Jake was already sitting in the chair before the sentence started?

— Fivejedjon

  • Anonymous I don't like using 'was' or '-ing' Why not?
  • They are natural and valuable components of English tenses/aspects.
  • Anonymous Can the 'sat' indicate that Jake was already sitting in the chair before the sentence started?
  • Yes, but not as clearly as 'Jake was sitting'.
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AnonymousI don't like using 'was' or '-ing'
Why not? They are natural and valuable components of English tenses/aspects.
AnonymousCan the 'sat' indicate that Jake was already sitting in the chair before the sentence started?
Yes, but not as clearly as 'Jake was sitting'.
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