Teach me English ( go )?

Question

My first language is Japanese.

I need u to check out this English.

1 I was going to the library at that time.
2 I'm on my way to the library at that time.

Is the 1st one correct? Can I use GO with ING?
I think I was walking to~ is OK,

We don't say, I'm having a computer. For the same reason, I guess I'm going to the library at that time. is not appropriate.


What do you think?

Answer 1

Well...if you are going to the library

I was going to the library at the time.

That is a specific word...meaning like at exactly that time.

The makes it a general statement.

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Answer 2

The first one is correct. "was going" agrees (time-wise) with "at that time". Both refer to an event that's happened. In the second case, I'm is short for I am, which is in the present and doesn't not agree with "at that time" which refers to a time that is not present.

You can say "I'm going to the library at that time". Going is an action verb, it shows that you're doing something. "I'm having a computer" is not technically wrong the way you mean it, however it's wrong because it's not used that way. "am" and "have" are both verbs that describe a state of being in the present. When you combine them into present progressive tense, it implies that "having" is an action, not a state of being. The progressive tenses are just that, a state where the action is progressing or ongoing. I'm going means that I am going now and I will continue to be going after now. "Having", as a part of "I'm having", implies that you're doing something with the computer rather than that you're owning the computer. What "having" is as an action largely depends on dialect, or what people in a region usually want it to mean.

English has 18 different tenses, 6 of which are the most commonly understood and used, even if people using them can't tell you what they are.

Answer 3

I was going to the library at that time is correct because the other mixes two different verb tenses.

You would not say I'm having a computer. Having in that sense means eating. You simply have a computer. Or "had" as the case may be.

Answer 4

The first one is correct. "I was going" is past imperfect which implies that we do not know if the action was completed and is often used when we refer to an ongoing action that was interrupted by a second event: "I was going to the library when I met my friend" The interrupting action is expressed in the Past simple. English verbs are divided into verbs of action and state. Action verbs can be used in imperfect (or continuous) tenses, i.e. -ing, but state verbs are not normally used in this form, e.g. know, understand, want, belong etc. Some verbs can be both, e.g. "I have a headache" and "I am having a party". This is because the verb "have" in these sentences has different meanings. There, easy, isn't it?

Answer 5

The better way to say sentence #1 would be:

I went to the library yesterday.

OR

I went to the library at 5 p.m.


For sentence #2, try it this way:

Tomorrow, I will go to the library at 2 p.m.

OR

I will go to the library tomorrow.


When you say "at that time" it is hard to understand what you are trying to say.

Keep up the good work, English is a difficult language to learn.

Answer 6

1. Correct
2. "I'm on my way to the library" is something your doing now.
No need to add "at that time" if it is something your doing now.

you can use ing with go

"I am going to the library"

and no you don't say "I'm having a computer" the correct word in that sentence would be "have"..."I have a computer"

Answer 7

If talking about past tense then:

I walked to the library, OR
I went to the library

Both are acceptable but using the first example describes how you got there.

WALKING is something are doing right now, WALKED is when you did it.

You can use GOING but that is for future or present tense. For something that you did in the past you use WENT

Hope this ok and not too confusing. Well done in getting as far as you have

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Answer 8

Depends upon the context. the first sentence is correct as an answer to a question. The second should be in the past tense and "I was on my way to the library the time." a statement.

Answer 9

I was going to the library at the time. is the correct way to say it

Answer 10

We use the present progressive sometimes to indicate future:

I'm going to the library tomorrow. = I will go to the library tomorrow.

So #1 above is OK, but #2 is not.

You could also say, "I was going to go to the library at that time," indicating that you had a plan to go but that you have changed (or might change) your plan.

You could also say, "Well, I'm gonna be on my way to the library at that time," although this is a little strange and indicates that you have to travel a long distance to get to the library. Note that you're still using "going" (in its shortened form, "gonna") to indicate a future event.

Ganbatte-ne!

Answer 11

U could say:

-I am going to the library at that time-

or

-I went to the library at that time-

u sure can use go with "ing"