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Gray panda 235 Posted 9 years ago
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Would be PLus ver+ ing for past habitual actions

"Whenever I came into the room the students would be sleeping." Is this correct/ We are told not to use sttive verbs with "would" for repeated actions in the past, but here we have "Be'-a stative verb!

  

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" Is this correct Yes, it's fine. Some people might like to put a comma after "room".

  • " Is this correct Yes, it's fine.
  • Some people might like to put a comma after "room".
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gray panda 235"Whenever I came into the room the students would be sleeping." Is this correct

Yes, it's fine. Some people might like to put a comma after "room".

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