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what I was doing OR what was I doing

English translation: what I was doing

15:45 Aug 9, 2006
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: what I was doing OR what was I doing
I get confused and forget what I was doing.

Which is correct - what i was doing OR what was I doing
Sanjiv Sadan (X)
Local time: 14:20
Selected answer:what I was doing
Explanation:
In your context, this is how I would say it.
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jccantrell
United States
Local time: 01:50
Grading comment
Thanks to all of you for your valuable and great help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +22what I was doing
jccantrell
5 +1I got confused and forgot what I was doing/I get confused and forget what I am doing
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
5 +1what i was doing
Jennifer Levey


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +22
what i was doing or what was i doing
what I was doing


Explanation:
In your context, this is how I would say it.

jccantrell
United States
Local time: 01:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thanks to all of you for your valuable and great help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Özden Arıkan
0 min
agree  Kirill Semenov
1 min
agree  darting arrow: you're not asking a question, you're stating a fact
1 min
agree  Rachel Nkere-Uwem (X)
1 min
agree  David Knowles
1 min
agree  Katalin Sandor
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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agree  Jack Doughty
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agree  Alison Jenner
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agree  María Teresa Taylor Oliver: Agree with LilyRose.
14 mins
agree  Peter Shortall
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agree  Andrey Belousov (X)
22 mins
agree  Monica Colangelo
24 mins
agree  Anton Baer
32 mins
agree  Olga B
42 mins
agree  Maria Eugenia Farre
49 mins
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
56 mins
agree  Suzan Hamer
1 hr
agree  Kevin Kelly
1 hr
agree  Will Matter: with LilyRose.
5 hrs
agree  Lucica Abil (X)
5 hrs
agree  RHELLER
14 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
what i was doing or what was i doing
I got confused and forgot what I was doing/I get confused and forget what I am doing


Explanation:
Sentence structure changes

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 10:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Uma Hariharan
5 mins
neutral  María Teresa Taylor Oliver: I'm not sure, but the way I understand it is: I get confused (present tense) and forget what I was doing (past tense) *before* I got confused. I don't know if it's clear...
11 mins
neutral  Armorel Young: There's nothing wrong with the tenses as given - for example, "If the phone rings, I get confused and forget what I was doing"
14 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
what i was doing or what i was doing
what i was doing


Explanation:
'I get confused and forget what I was doing.'

is a simple statement of fact, so '... I was ...'

'what was I doing' can only be used in the framework of a question, for example:

Now then,what was I doing before I was interrupted?

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 04:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lucica Abil (X)
5 hrs
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