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Flyfly Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What is the correct tense for this sentence?

Are those words in brackets gramatically correct?

Here are the sentences:
When Bryan and I (were) classmates, we (were) always (studying) together.

Thank you.
  

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Hi, Yes Clive

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Thank you, Clive. But I am still confused with the word "always". Since it was about past time, we use Simple Past Tense. Isn't "always" the time signal for Simple Present Tense?

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"Always" can go with different tenses:

I will always remember you.
I have always loved English.
I used to always arrive early.
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Hi,

always + progressive is a very common way of describing a habit
It sound rather casual and conversational.

eg That girl in the office is always looking at me. I think she likes me.
eg When B
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Thank you Shawn and Clive. Your explanations gave me better understanding Emotion: smile
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I would like to ask more about the sentence above,

Can I use The Simple Past Tense without omitting the word "always" for the second sentence?
When we Bryan and I were classmates, we always studied together.

Thank you.
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Hi,

Yes, that's fine.

Clive
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Yup, but just remove the first "we". Emotion: yes
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