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"I was going to buy a car"
It means I wanted to buy a car but I couldn't do it?
Is it express excuse and kind of frustration?
"I was going to buy a car"
It means I wanted to buy a car but I couldn't do it?
Is it express excuse and kind of frustration?
It means I wanted to buy a car but I couldn't do it?
Is it express excuse and kind of frustration?
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26 Jan 2017
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This seems like a first part of a compound sentence. There is usually second part connected by "but" for example: I was going to buy a car, but it was too expensive. (that means I didn't buy it, for whatever reason, yet.) it also can be used as an excuse. For example: where is your new car? I was going to buy it, but...
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Yes, but it doesn't mean he is sad.
Just he wanted to buy a car, but didn't do it)
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This seems like a first part of a compound sentence. There is usually second part connected by "but" for example: I was going to buy a car, but it was too expensive. (that means I didn't buy it, for whatever reason, yet.) it also can be used as an excuse. For example: where is your new car? I was going to buy it, but...
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