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Past simple and Past continuous A sentence from a schoolbook: "We had a chat while we WERE WAITING/WAITED for our flights". Explain, please, why the usage of the Past simple is possible as well. Thank you.

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With AS and WHILE you can also use Past Simple, even if you mean a longer action, according to Swan's "Practical English Usage". So, "We had a chat while we waited for our flight" should be correct.

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