had been / had been doing + since

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How to deal with English grammar.
Kynas

had been / had been doing + since

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Hallo, ist es möglich ad been / had been doing + since zu verwenden?

Also "before he did it, he hadnt done / hadnt been doing it since 1969" Bevor er es gemacht hat, hatte er es seit 1969 nicht mehr gemacht.

tiorthan

Re: had been / had been doing + since

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"had not done it since ..." - Ja
"had not been doing it since ..." - Lieber nicht, das Continuous ergibt zusammen mit der Negation und dem "since" keinen wirklich greifbaren Sinn