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'I was' or 'I had been' when used with a period of time led by the preposition 'for' ?
I was a student in that school for three years, or
I had been a student in that school for three years?
I incline to the latter one if only one expression is correct.
2012년 3월 9일 오후 3:29
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They are both correct; the difference is in the perspective of time from which they are viewed.
"I was a student AT that school for three years" = you are, at the time of speaking, no longer a student there and are reflecting
"I had been a student at that school for three years" = you are reflecting (telling a story in the past) which is set at the time in your fourth year at the school; i.e. three years HAD gone, when this happened.
In context:
"I was a student at that school for three years, but it's been demolished now."
"I had been a student at that school for three years when they opened the new building there."
2012년 3월 9일
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