A friend of mine asked me if there's any difference in meaning between these two sentences below:
a) I was sad when I sold my car. I had had it for a very long time.
b) I was sad when I sold my car. I had been having it for a very long time.
I feel a) sounds right (or more common), but I couldn't explain why:-(. Grammatically, b) could be right, too.
I'd appreciate if anyone could help me out with this.
Thanks in advance.
a) I was sad when I sold my car. I had had it for a very long time.
b) I was sad when I sold my car. I had been having it for a very long time.
I feel a) sounds right (or more common), but I couldn't explain why:-(. Grammatically, b) could be right, too.
I'd appreciate if anyone could help me out with this.
Thanks in advance.