Should we use [had been walking] or [had walking] in particular sentence
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My hair was wet. I ______ in the rain.
Which should I put in ? [had been walking] or [had walking] and why ?
just I don't see any differences between both options.
grammar differences passive-voice perfect-aspect
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Which should I put in ? [had been walking] or [had walking] and why ?
just I don't see any differences between both options.
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Had walking is wrong in this construction. But you could used had walked without a problem.
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My hair was wet. I ______ in the rain.
Which should I put in ? [had been walking] or [had walking] and why ?
just I don't see any differences between both options.
grammar differences passive-voice perfect-aspect
grammar differences passive-voice perfect-aspect
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Had walking is wrong in this construction. But you could used had walked without a problem.
– Jason Bassford
14 hours ago
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Had walking is wrong in this construction. But you could used had walked without a problem.
– Jason Bassford
14 hours ago
Had walking is wrong in this construction. But you could used had walked without a problem.
– Jason Bassford
14 hours ago
Had walking is wrong in this construction. But you could used had walked without a problem.
– Jason Bassford
14 hours ago
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The only possible form is 'had been walking'. It is Past Perfect Continuous Tense, which is used to describe a process completed or not completed before a certain past moment. The result of this process is in the first sentence / 'wet hair'/.
The other form /had walking/ is grammatically wrong.
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The only possible form is 'had been walking'. It is Past Perfect Continuous Tense, which is used to describe a process completed or not completed before a certain past moment. The result of this process is in the first sentence / 'wet hair'/.
The other form /had walking/ is grammatically wrong.
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The only possible form is 'had been walking'. It is Past Perfect Continuous Tense, which is used to describe a process completed or not completed before a certain past moment. The result of this process is in the first sentence / 'wet hair'/.
The other form /had walking/ is grammatically wrong.
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The only possible form is 'had been walking'. It is Past Perfect Continuous Tense, which is used to describe a process completed or not completed before a certain past moment. The result of this process is in the first sentence / 'wet hair'/.
The other form /had walking/ is grammatically wrong.
answered 15 hours ago
user307254
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The only possible form is 'had been walking'. It is Past Perfect Continuous Tense, which is used to describe a process completed or not completed before a certain past moment. The result of this process is in the first sentence / 'wet hair'/.
The other form /had walking/ is grammatically wrong.
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Had walking is wrong in this construction. But you could used had walked without a problem.
– Jason Bassford
14 hours ago