davidtrinh
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- Joined
- Nov 20, 2016
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Vietnamese
- Home Country
- Vietnam
- Current Location
- Canada
I have written two sentences below.
(1) John and Mary were home when we were leaving for the airport.
(2) John and Mary had been home when we were leaving for the airport.
Yesterday, I talked about the sentences with my non-native English speaking friends. None of us could figure out how the two tenses simple past continuous and past perfect continuous changed the meaning of the sentences.
Please explain it. Thank you very much for your help.
(1) John and Mary were home when we were leaving for the airport.
(2) John and Mary had been home when we were leaving for the airport.
Yesterday, I talked about the sentences with my non-native English speaking friends. None of us could figure out how the two tenses simple past continuous and past perfect continuous changed the meaning of the sentences.
Please explain it. Thank you very much for your help.