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The phrasal verb "keep after someone" in the past tense
It's not a strong implication, but you could probably infer that Tony stopped drinking (or that Tony died, which has the same effect)
But it would not be wrong to say "In the 1990s, his friends ...
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Past tenses with to be
'When' is used to refer to an event that occurred at a fixed time. If referring to two events it means they either occurred together.
'While' is used to refer to a period of time during which two ...
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The phrasal verb "keep after someone" in the past tense
The sentence "Tony's children and relatives kept after him to stop drinking" doesn't necessarily imply that Tony stopped drinking. The phrase "kept after him" means they ...
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past tense vs present
Cambridge Dictionary defines it's time.
We can use the expression it’s time + subject + past verb form to refer to the present moment:
Gosh! It’s almost midnight. It’s time we went home.
The OP’s ...
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past perfect passive voice
I had my head bitten off by an ex-boss once.
This is a passive causative construction:
The passive causative form can be constructed with “have” or “get,” followed by the object (the thing or person ...
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Is There a Difference in Meaning Between "As" and "While" in the Past Continuous?
There's a very subtle difference between as and while, but it's not enough to cause a difference in meaning between the two. Your examples both mean the same thing.
The difference is that while ...
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Why was the past perfect used before and after ‘since’?
As mentioned by OP traditionally, "since" is frequently followed with the simple past tense to indicate an action that has been finished in the past
There's no strict guideline that states ...
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