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Past Perfect Continuous Explained — Why It Is Not About “Longer Past”

When students first hear about the Past Perfect Continuous, they are usually told something like this: “It describes a long action that happened before another action in the past.” This explanation sounds logical. It is also incomplete. Past Perfect Continuous is not about “longer past.”It is about visible process before a past reference point. If […]

Tymur Levitin

• 23.02.2026 • 3 min read

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15.07.2025

Mastering All Modal Verb Combinations in English: Beyond the Basics

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Author: Tymur Levitin, founder, director, teacher and interpreter at Levitin Language School.🌍 Choose your language Why Modal Verbs Are More Than Just “Can” and “Must” Most learners know the basics: can, must, should, may. But modal verbs are far more than that — they’re how English expresses attitude, logic, prediction, criticism, doubt, and permission in the subtlest ways. […]

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