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Do these sentences sound unnatural?
1.When you talk on the phone, you can't see the other person.
2.When I went to school by bike, I had a traffic accident.
Should they be written in the present/past progressive tense (below)?
3.When you're talking on the phone, you can't see the other person.
4.While I was going to school by bike, I had a traffic accident.
Thank you in advance.
1.When you talk on the phone, you can't see the other person.
2.When I went to school by bike, I had a traffic accident.
Should they be written in the present/past progressive tense (below)?
3.When you're talking on the phone, you can't see the other person.
4.While I was going to school by bike, I had a traffic accident.
Thank you in advance.
- Inglês (EUA)
@ichiroyamada Grammatically these are all correct, and you’re right, the examples on the bottom sound more natural to a native speaker. I would choose version 3 rather than version 1 (I would cut the “you’re” and just write “When talking”), and I would choose version 4 rather than version 2, except I would use “biking to school” rather than “going to school by bike.”
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- Inglês (EUA)
Number 2: We don't usually say it like that. It would be correct if you wrote: When I rode my bike to school, I was involved in a traffic accident.
Number 1 is better than 3 because it is easier for the reader and easier to say. Less words is usually best unless there is a valid reason for more.
4. If you want to write it like this you would need to change it to: While riding my bike to school, I was involved in a traffic accident. However, the way I rewrote number 2 would be just as well.
It just depends on which tense you need to convey your message to the writer or listener.
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