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Bassa Posted 15 years ago
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What is the difference between these sentences?
What is the difference between these sentencese "I was playing football." and " I played football."?
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It depends on how they're used in a larger context. was playing typically focuses on activity during an indefinite period of time, often as a background against which something else happened. played typically focuses on a period of activity that began and ended at some definite points in time, looked at as a block of time in the past.
- It depends on how they're used in a larger context.
- was playing typically focuses on activity during an indefinite period of time, often as a background against which something else happened.
- played typically focuses on a period of activity that began and ended at some definite points in time, looked at as a block of time in the past.
- But different factors may come into play that are dependent on what else is being said.
- CJ
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It depends on how they're used in a larger context.
was playing typically focuses on activity during an indefinite period of time, often as a background against which something else happened.
played typically focuses on a period of activity that began and ended at some definite points in time, looked at as a block of time in the past.
But different factors
was playing typically focuses on activity during an indefinite period of time, often as a background against which something else happened.
played typically focuses on a period of activity that began and ended at some definite points in time, looked at as a block of time in the past.
But different factors
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