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27 January
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French (France)
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hey ) which is correct:
"I was playing the guitar in the morning" or "I played the guitar in the morning"? If both are ok, what's the difference?
hey ) which is correct:
"I was playing the guitar in the morning" or "I played the guitar in the morning"? If both are ok, what's the difference?
"I was playing the guitar in the morning" or "I played the guitar in the morning"? If both are ok, what's the difference?
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@keepupwithmeDiana Both are ok, however the second can be thought upon as a bit more bland from a cultural standpoint.
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@solujas thank you for your answer, but I don't understand what you meant when you said that "the second can be thought upon as a bit more bland from a cultural standpoint". Can you explain me a little bit more? )
- English (US)
- English (UK)
@keepupwithmeDiana The choices of words inflect a sense of ‘being done with it’ or ‘just did it’, almost like it was something you just got out of the way for the sake of having something to do.
- Russian Near fluent
- Ukrainian
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