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"We ended up on a corrugated road ,and cars were passing by as they were splashing standing water on us"
is this correct?
"We ended up on a corrugated road ,and cars were passing by as they were splashing standing water on us"
is this correct?
is this correct?
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A slight difference. Were splashing emphasizes that it happened over a period of time (even if that period of time is only a few minutes). Splashed emphasizes that the action has been completed.
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"We ended up on a dirt road and cars were splashing us with water as they passed us.
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is there a distinction between ""as they were splashing" and "as they splashed"?
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A slight difference. Were splashing emphasizes that it happened over a period of time (even if that period of time is only a few minutes). Splashed emphasizes that the action has been completed.
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