Which tense is correct ?
Which tense is correct please?
She got home just as I left/was leaving.
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She got home just as I left/was leaving. If you continued on your way, you could use either one. just as I was leaving" would really fit.
- She got home just as I left/was leaving.
- If you continued on your way, you could use either one.
- just as I was leaving" would really fit.
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anonymousWhich tense is correct please?She got home just as I left/was leaving.
If you continued on your way, you could use either one. However, if her arrival caused you to delay or cancel your departure, only "....just as I was leaving" would really fit.
0From a conversation perspective, past continuous is more idiomatic. As I was leaving- contains the meaning " heading for the door, you could be turning off the lights with keys in your hand. So this whole process is " as I was leaving" and at the same time, she arrived, walking into the house.
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