Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
The past perfect conitnuous to tell about living in a place for some time?
Can we use this tense to speak about living in a place for some time
I had been living in Liverpool for 2 years.
I lived in Liverpool for 2 years.
What's the difference in the meaning?
Top answer
The first one needs a past reference point to anchor "had been living". : It was 1990. I had been living in Liverpool for two years.
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The first one needs a past reference point to anchor "had been living". E.g.:
It was 1990. I had been living in Liverpool for two years.
It is good style to write small numbers in words.
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