Question:
and thank you for your help in advance. I am an ESL student. I was
doing some exercise and came to the following problem.
Fill in the correct form for the verb in the following sentence.
It_____(snow) when I was at work.
It seems that both of "It was snowing when I was at work" and "It snowed
when I was at work" would work. Am I right? or Are there subtle differences
between these two sentences?
Answer:
It snowed when I was at work: is a fixed past event - some time when I
was at work it snowed. One flake would be enough.
It was showing when I was at work: has a longer time implication - it's
not quite saying that it snowed all the time I was at work, but it's
closer to that than the first answer.
Both are good English.
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