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What is the difference between It had been raining when I stepped out and it had been raining for two hours when I stepped out
in 1st sentence was it stopped raining??
in 2nd sentence was it still raining?? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between It had been raining when I stepped out and it had been raining for two hours when I stepped out
in 1st sentence was it stopped raining??
in 2nd sentence was it still raining?? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
in 1st sentence was it stopped raining??
in 2nd sentence was it still raining?? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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It is past tense, so at that moment in time it was still raining. “For two hours” just makes it time-specific for how long it was raining for. Hope this makes sense.
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