Kii
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1. The beast gradually comes down.
2. The beast gradually came down.
In my understanding, the first sentence suggests an expected course of action, an observation, and that it is gradual.
The second sentence confuses me a little: I thought that because of the word 'gradually', there is an emphasis on the duration of time while an action is done. Isn't it, for instance, also the same as saying "It came down for five hours"? Or is 'gradually' here only synonymous with 'after' wherein "It came down after five hours"?
2. The beast gradually came down.
In my understanding, the first sentence suggests an expected course of action, an observation, and that it is gradual.
The second sentence confuses me a little: I thought that because of the word 'gradually', there is an emphasis on the duration of time while an action is done. Isn't it, for instance, also the same as saying "It came down for five hours"? Or is 'gradually' here only synonymous with 'after' wherein "It came down after five hours"?