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GENRES There are two categories within the world of texts: fiction (invented) and non-fiction (non-invented). The down-categories - e.g. epic, lyric poetry and drama - are called genres. The concept "genre" descends from the Greek word "genos" that means family or kind. A...

Hi Tom The the past perfect is frequently not used in reported speech and many grammar books also accept this. The past perfect continuous is probably used even more rarely. Here are my thoughts: First of all, Pucca is right about using 'watching' rather than 'seeing'. Second, we need to know...