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What is the difference between We stood talking for an hour. and We talked standing for an hour. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between We stood talking for an hour. and We talked standing for an hour. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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You can use either. Without context clues neither stood nor stand will imply movement.
If you want to stress the fact that you were in a single spot the entire time you can add 'there'. You can further stress it by adding 'the entire time' or 'the whole time' to let the reader know the exact duration of standing.
"They stood there talking for an entire hour."
"They were standing there, talking for an entire hour."
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^ well yes your right in part but then again your not quite right. Remember people could use "stood" to imply that they had stayed in the same area for the hour but not necessarily standing the whole time. Where as the second one is more literal
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I disagree. I feel like any amount of movement would change the entire sentence. "We walked around talking for an hour."
Very very few native speakers would believe "We talked, standing for an hour." would involve any area changes.
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Thanks jessenstein and havick.
I have an question.
If I want to stress to keep standing for an hour for talking,do I use the verb "stood"?
I have an question.
If I want to stress to keep standing for an hour for talking,do I use the verb "stood"?
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You can use either. Without context clues neither stood nor stand will imply movement.
If you want to stress the fact that you were in a single spot the entire time you can add 'there'. You can further stress it by adding 'the entire time' or 'the whole time' to let the reader know the exact duration of standing.
"They stood there talking for an entire hour."
"They were standing there, talking for an entire hour."
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Heres a few more examples:
We talked, standing for a whole hour.
We stood there talking the whole time.
We stood there talking for a whole hour.
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I'm grad to your teaching and suggesting examples.
I could understand it deeply.
I could understand it deeply.
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