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Sb70012 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
When she was a little child she ….. only to her mother.
When she was a little child she ….. only to her mother.
a)would speak (Answer Key)
b)was speaking
c)had been speaking
Source: school exam
Hi,
The answer key is odd to me because I say to myself that the usage of "would" is strange in there.
I have two questions:
1. Why do you accept "would" as a correct option in option A? Don't you think that "would" is odd to be used in option A?
2. Why can't B or C also work in the above question?
Thank you.
a)would speak (Answer Key)
b)was speaking
c)had been speaking
Source: school exam
Hi,
The answer key is odd to me because I say to myself that the usage of "would" is strange in there.
I have two questions:
1. Why do you accept "would" as a correct option in option A? Don't you think that "would" is odd to be used in option A?
2. Why can't B or C also work in the above question?
Thank you.
Top answer
sb70012 The answer key is odd to me because I say to myself that the usage of "would" is strange in there. The answer is correct. 'Would' there is the 'would' of past habit.
- sb70012 The answer key is odd to me because I say to myself that the usage of "would" is strange in there.
- The answer is correct.
- 'Would' there is the 'would' of past habit.
- sb70012 1.
- Why do you accept "would" as a correct option in option A?
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sb70012The answer key is odd to me because I say to myself that the usage of "would" is strange in there.The answer is correct. 'Would' there is the 'would' of past habit.
sb700121. Why do you accept "would" as a correct option in option A?For the reason I just gave.
sb70012Don't you think that "w
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Mister MicawberBoth suggest that she never stopped speaking to her mother throughout her childhood—not even to eat, take a bath or go to school.Thanks for answering but don't you think that you are wrong? Because I say to myself that "only to her mother" in the two sentences below mean that "not her father, brother, sister, etc. just her mother." Aren't I rig
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sb70012don't you think that you are wrong?Of course not.
sb70012Aren't I right?No, I don't think so.
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Then how do you interpret these two sentences? In their meaning, from what aspect they differ?
1. When she was a little child she was speaking only to her mother.
3. When she was a little child she was only speaking to her mother.
1. When she was a little child she was speaking only to her mother.
3. When she was a little child she was only speaking to her mother.
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sb70012Then how do you interpret these two sentences?They both mean that she is now speaking to others.
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