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Hoa Thai wrote: Belly wrote: Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and...

Belly wrote: Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and the other uses the past...

Hi, I wonder what are the differences between these sentences? Here are a a few brief comments. The repetitious use of the gerund 'writing' + the verb 'write' in the same sentence is poor style. Let's talk about an essay instead. This is an essay that I have written. Suggests the essay...