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Maria D Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
While + Past Simple??
Hello!
Could you tell me, please, when we are allowed to use Past Simple after the word WHILE. All books and rules say we should use Past Continuous. However, I sometimes meet sentences where after while goes Past Simple.
Thank you!
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Maria D when we are allowed to use Past Simple after the word WHILE. It's hard to say. It depends on the specific sentences.
- Maria D when we are allowed to use Past Simple after the word WHILE.
- It's hard to say.
- It depends on the specific sentences.
- , a verb which does not occur in continuous tenses.
- ) I saw him again while I was stopped at a red light.
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Maria Dwhen we are allowed to use Past Simple after the word WHILE.
It's hard to say. It depends on the specific sentences.
Here are three different ways you'll see the past simple after 'while':
1) When the verb after 'while' is a non-progressive verb, i.e., a verb which does not occur in continuous tenses. (be, have, etc.)
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