Past tenses
Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window.
The sun was shining, but the ground was very wet.
It had been raining.
Grammatically that is correct, but would that be a mistake if I say "it was raining"instead?
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It would depend on your intention and what comes next. If you say “it was raining”, you’re saying that at that moment that you looked out the window, it was STILL raining — even though the sun was shining. Perhaps what comes next is that you see a rainbow? But in this context, “it was raining” would not be the same as “it had been raining”. I hope this helps.
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Yes, I think it would be a mistake to say "it was raining." This is because the sun was shining when you looked out the window yesterday morning. If you say "it was raining," that would mean that it was raining when you looked out the window.
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