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English translation: was playing

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12:10 Dec 27, 2011

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English term or phrase: played/was playing

Which one I should use in the following sentence: "He broke his leg while he played/was playing football."?

meoww

English translation:was playing

Explanation:
He broke his leg while he was playing football

or

He broke his leg playing football

Selected response from:

Liz Broomfield
United Kingdom

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +6

was playing

Liz Broomfield

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

was playing

Explanation:
He broke his leg while he was playing football

or

He broke his leg playing football

Liz Broomfield
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Jack Doughty

12 mins

-> Thank you!

agree

Pham Huu Phuoc

38 mins

-> Thanks!

agree

Sheila Wilson

45 mins

-> Thank you!

agree

writeaway: in my day getting this sort of help with a test or homework was called cheating. I guess times have changed.

49 mins

-> I don't know, I just assumed it was checking something for homework and Proz wouldn't allow cheating as such ... using us a reference material ...

agree

airmailrpl: -

1 hr

-> Thank you!

agree

B D Finch: Your second example is better. I don't know about cheating, but it would be unfortunate if KudoZ ended up as a schoolkids' homework resource.// OK if it's for trainee translators, but otherwise it could get swamped.

2 hrs

-> thank you and yes, I thought I'd better offer that as an alternative. If Proz offers this as a choice to do and everything else they do is reputable, then I suppose it's OK ...

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