1) He said it like he thought it would make it okay that he was cheating on me while he was married to me. 2) He said it like he thought it would make it okay that he had been cheating on me while he was married to me.
Top answer
With #1 he may still be cheating on you.
— Mister Micawber
With #1 he may still be cheating on you.
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If this refers to something that happened in the distant past,1 means he was still cheating at that point in the past but doesn't 2 mean the same? Are both correct?