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- Play or playing – which one is correct and why?
Both "play" and "playing" is correct here People often see him (who is) playing basketball on the playground at the weekend People often see him (who) play basketball on the playground at the weekend So essentially both carry the same meaning
- What is the difference between to play or to be playing
I need to be playing in Europe I need to play in Europe Which sentence is more correct or is there any difference at all?
- Is it idiomatic to say I just played or I was just playing in . . .
I was playing hockey You could use it as a way to say "No" when invited to play a game or a match or something similar For example: Want to play a game of chess? I just played Give me an hour to recharge my brain If you say, "I was just playing" it means that you were just kidding around about whatever the topic of the conversation is For
- He was playing for two hours or he had been playing for two hours
He had been playing for two hours In the absence of any mention of such a subsequent event, this use of a past perfect continuous construction would be at best unusual, and arguably simply wrong
- difference - Have been doing and have done - English Language . . .
The main point of the question is the difference between the tenses of "have been playing" and "have played" In addition to the tenses, we have the verb "play (tennis)", which is a dynamic verb (dynamic verbs have duration; they occur over time), and we also have the time phrase "for five years"
- meaning - What difference is between playing with someone and playing . . .
Played myself in scrabble I won! What is the difference between playing with someone and playing someone? What if someone is replaced with the speaker themselves? Is the sentence in the quote cor
- Whats the correct way to say the action of someone playing on a swing?
You can use "playing on a swing" or "swinging on a swing" "Swung" makes it sound like one person caused the swing to swing, either carrying a second person or not: "George swung me around on a swing " That construction would be correct, in that case
- Some one next door( was playing has played had been playing has been . . .
Person B: someone next door was playing had been playing heavy metal music all night long In this situation, both those two options work, but was playing sounds better, and is overall the better choice If you were having a conversation with someone whilst the music was playing, then you could use one of the other two options
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