Thursday, August 4, 2016

word choice - Mistaking versus mistaken



I've always been curious why some people insist that "I was mistaken" is grammatically correct whereas "I was mistaking" is grammatically wrong. Doesn't the later follow past progressive verb tense? Can someone give me an example where each is right or wrong?




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