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¿Cuál es la diferencia entre I was trying to switch gears when I ran over a curb. y I tried to switch gears when I was running over a curb. ?Puedes dar oraciones como ejemplo.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre I was trying to switch gears when I ran over a curb. y I tried to switch gears when I was running over a curb. ?Puedes dar oraciones como ejemplo.
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I'm going to assign numbers to each action:
1 = trying to switch gears
2 = running over the curb
A) "I was trying to switch gears when I ran over a curb."
--> You were in the middle of 1 when 2 happened
--> In other words, 2 happened DURING 1
B) "I tried to switch gears when I was running over a curb."
--> While you were doing 2, you tried to do 1
--> 1 happened DURING 2
NB - B) is not very natural. I would express that meaning like this:
"I tried to switch gears while I was running over the curb."
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I'm going to assign numbers to each action:
1 = trying to switch gears
2 = running over the curb
A) "I was trying to switch gears when I ran over a curb."
--> You were in the middle of 1 when 2 happened
--> In other words, 2 happened DURING 1
B) "I tried to switch gears when I was running over a curb."
--> While you were doing 2, you tried to do 1
--> 1 happened DURING 2
NB - B) is not very natural. I would express that meaning like this:
"I tried to switch gears while I was running over the curb."
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