past participle

ilko mitrikovMember

I had been in a band for a year before the audition . In this question was the person still in the band before the audition ?

7/17/2011:11 PM

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Gustavo, Co-ModeratorProfessor of Legal and Financial Translation

Hi, Ilko,

@ilko mitrikov posted:
I had been in a band for a year before the audition . In this question was the person still in the band before the audition ?

With the past perfect simple, it is not clear whether the person was still in a band or not. If we use a verb in the past perfect continuous, then it becomes clear the person still belonged to a band:

- I had been playing in a band for a year before the audition.

7/18/209:11 AM

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