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which is used more often in conversation, the Imperfect, or the Gerund?
Se voglio dire: Giuseppe is eating an apple, do I say: #1. Giuseppe stava mangiando una mela. Or, #2. Giuseppe mangiava una mela. ?
--I think the first one is for what Giuseppe is doing at the moment, and the second one is for what Giuseppe is doing at a moment while something else is happening?
Can you use #2. on its own, or does it have to be followed by some other part of a sentence, like: Giuseppe mangiava una mela, mentre ha scritto una lettera.
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Language pair: Italian; English
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