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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

watching sunset vs seaside

0Can I say,02br
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00 (a) They were watching sunset. 02br
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00(b) They were putting their things under a tree. Then they were watching the seaside and swimming in the sea. 0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00 (a) They were watching 01b 00a/the02b 00 sunset. 02br 02br 00(b) They were putting their things under a tree. Then they were 01del 00watching the seaside02del 01u 00 looking at the beach02u 00 and swimming in the sea.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00 (a) They were watching 01b 00a/the02b 00 sunset.
  • 02br 02br 00(b) They were putting their things under a tree.
  • Then they were 01del 00watching the seaside02del 01u 00 looking at the beach02u 00 and swimming in the sea.
  • 02br 02br 00Your use of continuous tense may not be appropriate here.
  • 02br 02br 00Let me ask you this.
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0Hi,02br
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00(b) They were putting their things under a tree. Then they were 01del00watching the seaside02del01u00 looking at the beach02u00 and swimming in the sea. 02br
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00Your use of continuous tens
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1b00Mary cooked dinner = shows the actions in the past.02b02br
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01b00Mary was cooking dinner = shows the actions at the moment you are talking02b02br
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01b00Am I right? 02b0-
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0Yes, but usually you use the continuous when you want to talk about something else that occurred when that first activity was going on. Mary was cooking dinner when she realized she didn't have one of the ingredients, or Mary was cooking dinner when the stranger knocked on the door.0-
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