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imperfect tense vs past progressive tense

past progressive tense vs imperfect tense

imperfect tense and past progressive tense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
imperfect tense Yes No No No
past progressive tense Yes No No No
As nouns, past progressive tense is a hyponym of imperfect tense; that is, past progressive tense is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than imperfect tense:
  • imperfect tense: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
  • past progressive tense: a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
imperfect tense (noun) past progressive tense (noun)
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
Difference between imperfect tense and past progressive tense

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