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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Which one is correct?

0Mary fainted; she___in the sun too long.02br
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00a) had been staying02br
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00b)was staying0-
  

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0Neither, in my opinion.02br
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01i00She had been in the sun too long.02i02br
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01i00She had stayed in the sun too long.02i02br
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00But not "was staying" or "had been staying."0-
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0Agree with the previous post. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00More natural and common, I think, would be to say or write02br
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01font00Mary fainted because she stayed in the sun too long.02font02br
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00The semi-colon hints at the reason, but 'because' states it explicitly. Why bother just to hint?02br
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00Best wishes
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