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Help me dear collegues!



Tatyana83
Armenia

Help me dear collegues!
 
be rolling in it  (informal) - Could be that idiom used in other tenses or just in present continuous? couse it is a set phrase and mustn �t be changed?

He was rolling in it  last year.
He rolled in it last year.
or just HE IS ROLLING IN IT last year????


22 Mar 2011      





douglas
United States

I would only use it in the present or past continuous forms.
 
He is rolling in it.
Last year he was rolling in it.
 
Douglas

22 Mar 2011     



Latoyan
Armenia

I think no matter which tense is it, we should use the verb TO BE in the needed tense, e.g. in this case the phrase "Last year" shows the tense we should use, i.e., past simple.

Hope I �ve helped you, 
Smile

Sincerely Annie Latoyan 

23 Mar 2011