Timeline for Past tense. "when Tom went [was going, would go, used to go] to high school."?
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| Apr 18, 2022 at 8:07 | history | edited | DialFrost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 18, 2022 at 8:02 | comment | added | kuwabara | Thank you for your detailed explanation. I appreciate it. | |
| Apr 18, 2022 at 7:54 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Going to school isn't thought of as a 'habit' in the usual sense, since attending school and then going out to work are a normal part of life for most people. Tom would go to school isn't idiomatic, but we can say Tom would usually take the bus to school. Tom was going to high school until last year is fine - we can also say Tom was at [BrE] / in [AmE] school. | |
| Apr 18, 2022 at 7:53 | comment | added | DialFrost | Ah ok ill edit my post to answer your question @kuwabara | |
| Apr 18, 2022 at 7:52 | comment | added | kuwabara | Thank you for your answer. I do appreciate it. But I still do not understand why "would go to school until last year" is weird while "would go to school last year" is OK. Would you explain what makes this difference, please? | |
| Apr 18, 2022 at 7:38 | comment | added | DialFrost | Is my answer alright now @kuwabara? thx | |
| Apr 18, 2022 at 3:05 | history | edited | DialFrost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 18, 2022 at 3:02 | comment | added | DialFrost | Usually its "tom would go to school last year" instead of "tom would go to school until last year" | |
| Apr 18, 2022 at 3:01 | comment | added | kuwabara | Would you tell me what makes the difference? When do you use "would" for a past habit and it doesn't sound weird? | |
| Apr 18, 2022 at 2:57 | comment | added | DialFrost | its technically correct but it sounds weird, better to choose 1 or 3 | |
| Apr 18, 2022 at 2:56 | history | edited | DialFrost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 18, 2022 at 2:54 | comment | added | kuwabara | Why is A-2 incorrect? I learnt you use "would" to talk about your past habit. | |
| Apr 18, 2022 at 2:45 | history | answered | DialFrost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |