Are all these sentences right? Past simple vs past continuous sentences.
Maybe this is not the right place to ask, but nobody corrected my last entry, so I thought this way could be OK.
It WAS a day last September. The sun WAS SHINING, the birds WERE SINGING. I WAS WALKING along the street when I MET an old friend.
He WAS LIVING in Russia when the Revolution STARTED.
When her train GOT to the station, we WERE WAITING on the platform.
He WAS BEING so annoying! He ALWAYS LEFT his things everywhere.
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They're all fine, although the last one doesn't seem quite right.
'He was being so annoying' is fine in itself, but it doesn't fit very well tense-wise with 'He always left his things everywhere'. This second comment suggests that this behaviour lasted over a long period - perhaps all the time that you shared an office with a colleague or accommodation with a room-mate. 'He was annoying' would fit better here, because it's a description of a long-term state or even a permanent character trait.
You'd say 'He was being so annoying' for a single incident. For example, 'I left the party early because he was being so annoying'.
I hope that makes sense. Otherwise, it's all perfect. Well done.
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I think the last sentence is fine for conversational english
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correct
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