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syntactic analysis - I was versus Was I in a question - English . . . "Was I the person she'd always been waiting for?" is a simple question, "She's always been waiting for someone - am I that someone?" It sounds like the speaker is saying at some point in the past he asked that question, and he's now recalling that event or thought "I was the person she'd always been waiting for?" sounds like the speaker has just found out or been told that he is that person
. . . was trying tried | WordReference Forums b) seems correct to me Not a grammar guru, so I can't explain it well, but the tenses should correspond, since you are stating what Joan was doing while you were doing something else It suggests that it was something on-going, rather than a singular event that 'tried' suggests
so was I or me too | WordReference Forums Hi everyone I am learning English right now and I do not really understand the meanings of 'so am I' or 'so was I' I mean I do not understand when to use these For example, if I say 'she was born today' can I say as an answer: 'so was I' ? Thanks in advance :)
I was playing or I played - WordReference Forums I'm asking because I've read somewhere that we shouldn't use past continuous to speak about something what not happened in a very precise moment or between some other short action For example: I was reading my book when the phone rang Yesterday at 7 am, I was eating breakfast So a question: What were you doing yesterday? seems incorrect to me, because yesterday is not a very precise moment
I went or I was - WordReference Forums Hello, I went to Paris for 5 days or I was in Paris for 5 days last week I don't really know if I can use both I was or I went in this context I think it's not well worded but I don't know why Thank you Volver
I am about to vs. I was about to | WordReference Forums Thanks Do you mean that if he had used "I am about to have lunch ", he was emphasizing that he will do it with or without her company, and he is just trying to be polite?
I was mistaken vs. I made a mistake | WordReference Forums I was mistaken is another way to say I was wrong That is certainly something you can say after you make a mistake, but it doesn't mean exactly the same thing that I made a mistake does
I meant to vs I was meant to | WordReference Forums What is the difference between these two sentences below? I meant to call her instead of sending her a text message I was meant to call her instead of sending her a text message Do they both have the same meaning? Did they mean to have this conversation today? Were they meant to have to