Past Progressive vs. Past Perf Prog. Usage

[s.t. bischoff]

Sorry all...I meant (2) as *perfect* not *perfective*.


On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 11:41 AM, s.t. bischoff <bischoff.st at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can direct me to an account of the different uses
> of the past progressive (1) and past perfective progressive (2).
>
> (1) In 1991, I was living in London.
> (2) In 1991, I had been living in London.
>
> In particular, I'm looking for a means of explaining the difference,in
> usage, to non-native speakers of English.
>
> Thanks,
> Shannon
>