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28 Apr 2021
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Does this sentence sound natural?
One day, I walked past the front door of the Guangdong TV Station on Huanshi East Road dragging my amplifier
Does this sentence sound natural?
One day, I walked past the front door of the Guangdong TV Station on Huanshi East Road dragging my amplifier
One day, I walked past the front door of the Guangdong TV Station on Huanshi East Road dragging my amplifier
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English has implied action order, so it would be more natural to say "One day, I was dragging my amplifier past the front door of the Guangdong TV Station on Huanshi East Road"
Further more, your tense suggests an additional action. For example, "One day, I was dragging my amplifier past the front door of the Guangdong TV Station on Huanshi East Road when I saw a famous musician."
In order to make it more natural you should set the tense to full past "Once I dragged my amplifier past the front door of the Guangdong TV Station on Huanshi East Road."
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