She’s an adjunct professor in entrepreneurship at Booth and the author of Leadership & Life Hacks. and currently the CEO of Surgical Solutions. Alyssa is the founder and CEO of Bottlenotes Inc. And I know for myself, when I’m in moments like this, personally and professionally, sometimes you have to stop and look at the work you’re doing and ask yourself, do I need to pivot? It’s for that reason I wanted to speak with Alyssa Rapp. I'd given up hope of finding a copy of that book when out of the blue I saw one in a charity shop.John Paul Rollert: Over the last 16 months, we’ve all dealt with unprecedented headwinds. We prefer the simple form when talking about an action that was completed before a particular time or event in the past. I'd been looking for a copy of that book for ages when I saw one in a charity shop. We use the continuous form for actions that continue for some time or are unfinished by a particular time or event in the past. Someone had smashed my car windows = A single action Someone had been smashing car windows = A repeated action Our focus is more on the result of the activity rather than its duration. This is true for activities when were not really interested in how long they took. For example when describing a repeated action compared to a single action.
In some cases though, there are clear differences. Patrick felt refreshed because he had slept all afternoon.
Patrick felt refreshed because he had been sleeping all afternoon. This is true for single activities which are seen to last for some time. In some situations it's possible to use either the past perfect continuous or past perfect simple with very little change in meaning.
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