Is it correct to say “He was breaking his own record.” after ten minutes of victory?
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Context: The car race has just been over ten minutes ago. He not only won the match but broke his onw record. Breaking a record in sport takes only a moment. And it only makes sense to me that we are not allowed to use Past Continuous after ten minutes of the moment someone breaks a record. Is it correct to say “He was breaking his own record.” after ten minutes of victory?
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Context: The car race has just been over ten minutes ago. He not only won the match but broke his onw record. Breaking a record in sport takes only a moment. And it only makes sense to me that we are not allowed to use Past Continuous after ten minutes of the moment someone breaks a record. Is it correct to say “He was breaking his own record.” after ten minutes of victory?
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Context: The car race has just been over ten minutes ago. He not only won the match but broke his onw record. Breaking a record in sport takes only a moment. And it only makes sense to me that we are not allowed to use Past Continuous after ten minutes of the moment someone breaks a record. Is it correct to say “He was breaking his own record.” after ten minutes of victory?
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Context: The car race has just been over ten minutes ago. He not only won the match but broke his onw record. Breaking a record in sport takes only a moment. And it only makes sense to me that we are not allowed to use Past Continuous after ten minutes of the moment someone breaks a record. Is it correct to say “He was breaking his own record.” after ten minutes of victory?
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"He has broken his own record" sounds proper right after he breaks it.
"He is on his way to breaking his own record" or "He is on pace to break his own record" or even "He should break his own record" would be correct when it looks like he will, but he hasn't.
"He was breaking his own record" also implies he was on his way to breaking his own record, but he didn't quite succeed.
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"He has broken his own record" sounds proper right after he breaks it.
"He is on his way to breaking his own record" or "He is on pace to break his own record" or even "He should break his own record" would be correct when it looks like he will, but he hasn't.
"He was breaking his own record" also implies he was on his way to breaking his own record, but he didn't quite succeed.
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"He has broken his own record" sounds proper right after he breaks it.
"He is on his way to breaking his own record" or "He is on pace to break his own record" or even "He should break his own record" would be correct when it looks like he will, but he hasn't.
"He was breaking his own record" also implies he was on his way to breaking his own record, but he didn't quite succeed.
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"He has broken his own record" sounds proper right after he breaks it.
"He is on his way to breaking his own record" or "He is on pace to break his own record" or even "He should break his own record" would be correct when it looks like he will, but he hasn't.
"He was breaking his own record" also implies he was on his way to breaking his own record, but he didn't quite succeed.
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"He has broken his own record" sounds proper right after he breaks it.
"He is on his way to breaking his own record" or "He is on pace to break his own record" or even "He should break his own record" would be correct when it looks like he will, but he hasn't.
"He was breaking his own record" also implies he was on his way to breaking his own record, but he didn't quite succeed.
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