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Kingston123 Posted 9 years ago
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Why "living" instead of "lived"?
Direct: I am living in London
Reported: She said (that) she was living in London.
please tell me why "living" instead of "lived".
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kingston123 Direct: I am liv ing in London Reported: She said (that) she was liv ing in London. P lease tell me why we use "living" instead of "lived". 'was living' is the past of 'am living'.
- kingston123 Direct: I am liv ing in London Reported: She said (that) she was liv ing in London.
- P lease tell me why we use "living" instead of "lived".
- 'was living' is the past of 'am living'.
- If you're reporting a verb in -ing, you use an -ing in the report as well.
- CJ
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kingston123Direct: I am living in London
Reported: She said (that) she was living in London.
Please tell me why we use "living" instead of "lived".
'was living' is the past of 'am living'. If you're reporting a verb in -ing, you use
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