simple past continuous combined with "for"
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:48 am
I am going to make up two sentences below.
(1) Three weeks ago, I was working on a business project for five days.
(2) John was scoring a lot of goals for many years.
Some of my colleagues are native English speakers who have no English teaching experience. They think that there is a general grammar rule that requires you to use the simple past continuous tense if the word "for" is used in the sentence.
I have not been able to find such a rule in any online grammar sources. So, I am not sure if they are correct about the general rule. Are my sentences above grammatically correct? Please give me your feedback. Thank you very much for your help.
(1) Three weeks ago, I was working on a business project for five days.
(2) John was scoring a lot of goals for many years.
Some of my colleagues are native English speakers who have no English teaching experience. They think that there is a general grammar rule that requires you to use the simple past continuous tense if the word "for" is used in the sentence.
I have not been able to find such a rule in any online grammar sources. So, I am not sure if they are correct about the general rule. Are my sentences above grammatically correct? Please give me your feedback. Thank you very much for your help.