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Originally Posted by ssendur i would say "the weather is still cold". i think you think in your own language, this approach is always troublesome. in english you dont need to use "continue" to express progression. it is not like french. the more common way of expressing what you want to say is to use the word "still". try this: "finding a suitable accomodation was still difficult for sarah." or " it was still very hard for sarah to find an accomodation"
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My first langauge is English, and I am a teacher, but I sometimes like to find out what other teachers, native and nonnative, think about certain constructions. The use of "continue" is more common in weather reports that in the use of us
mere mortals.
Here are a few more examples (this time with "like"):
Jenny felt an intruder
Jenny felt like an intruder.
It seemed a good idea.
It seemed like a good idea.
Which do you prefer?