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20 de nov. de 2019 · 1. I felt a sharp pain in my knee just as/whenI crossed the finishing line. -> I crossed the line and then I felt the pain. 2. I felt a sharp pain in my knee just as/ whenI was crossing the finishing line. -> I was in the middle of crossing the line when I felt the pain. So I was crossing the finishing line feeling the pain.
2 de abr. de 2013 · The past simple looks at the action from the outside, so to speak, and sees it as a single thing, a unit: often against the background of something else. (b) While I was reading Tolstoy, the door bell rang. The past continuous looks inside the action, so to speak, and sees it as a process: often making it the background for something else.
6 de abr. de 2015 · In (a) and (b), the simple past is in fact the better choice to convey the sense of a period of time. That is because neither 'drove west' nor 'got closer to home' can be understood to imply anything less than some meaningful distance travelled. On the other hand, the expression 'as she was driving', or 'as she was getting closer to home' is a ...
12 de out. de 2013 · I prefer the simple past in your example. Although the present continuous is also possible in that sentence, you are not obligated to use a continuous tense after the word "throughout". I don't think the present perfect makes any sense in the sentence. Since you've mentioned that he is no longer in his twenties, there shouldn't be any need for ...
26 de mar. de 2011 · Senior Member. South Carolina / USA. English - American. Mar 26, 2011. #4. Mayoide said: Well, I think the best option is with past simple, visited, but past continuous could be possible too. Past simple. You'd need more context if you used continuous: "When I was younger, I was visiting the city of Manchester on the same day that there was a ...
20 de jun. de 2012 · Miami, FL. English (US) Jun 20, 2012. #3. The past continuous "were leaving" sounds natural to me, and actually better than "left" in this context, although there's certainly overlap. Using the past simple suggests a series of events: One hundred years ago this village was very poor. (Then) many people left to find a living abroad.
2 de set. de 2022 · No. Peter Thompson said: The usual idea of it is that the past continuous was already in progress when the past simple happened and in this case the past continuous is the working and the past simple is the watching. There is no such "usual idea". If the past simple action is obviously a short or instantaneous action, and the past continuous ...
21 de out. de 2013 · Oct 21, 2013. #1. According to Azar's book you use when to introduce the simple past and while to introduce the past continuous or progressive. But I have seen, heard and read that "when" is used to introduce the past continuous also. While I was sleeping, a thief broke into my house. I was sleeping when a thief broke into my house.
18 de nov. de 2019 · Yes. There isn't any real difference in meaning. There is a slight difference in the writer's point of view. In the second version, taking notes and listening to the lecture are given equal importance and described with continuous tenses. In the first version, the past simple seems to indicate that taking notes was foremost in the writer's mind.
23 de mar. de 2017 · Regards JA. In that example, something like "By 1929, Ford was building 1 million cars a year " would be acceptable. It describes a level that had been reached by 1929, as in your original sentence a state had been reached in which irrigation canals were taking etc., by the year 2000. With the simple past we'd be more likely to say something ...
