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IAbdullah Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

When to say [ Always complain ] and [Always complained ]

I was browsing through twitter and then a text appeared to me contains :
[ he always complained about how ... ]

it sounded not familiar to me
so I begun looking for an explanation ..
but because i hadn't been writing it properly i couldn't find an answer .

What i understood from the above two examples is :
always complain = he does it regularly
always complained = he used to complain , but now he doesn't

is my understanding right ?

(plz correct me what I wrote grammatically )

Thanks in advance
  

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iAbdullah What I understood from the above two examples is :always complain = he does it regularly always complained = he used to complain , but now he doesn't That is partly correct. refers to past time; unlike 'used to', it does not necessarily imply that he no longer compalains

— Fivejedjon

  • iAbdullah What I understood from the above two examples is :always complain = he does it regularly always complained = he used to complain , but now he doesn't That is partly correct.
  • refers to past time; unlike 'used to', it does not necessarily imply that he no longer compalains
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iAbdullahWhat I understood from the above two examples is :always complain = he does it regularly always complained = he used to complain , but now he doesn't
That is partly correct. The past-tense version.refers to past time; unlike 'used to', it does not necessarily imply that he no longer compalains
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