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This tag is for questions about tense, or location in time by grammatical forms and constructions rather than by semantics.
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"Had been on the phone" vs "Was on the phone" [duplicate]
"I had been on the phone with my sister when the bell rang."
"I was on the phone with my sister when the bell rang."
Do these two sentences have the same meaning?
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"is" vs. "has been"
Do the following two sentences have the same meaning?
This album is different from the rest of their albums in the way that a whole new sound is incorporated into it.
This album is different …
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