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<div class='quotetop'>إقتباس(THE SUPERNATURAL TALENT @ Oct 12 2006, 08:24 PM) [snapback]231922[/snapback]</div>

ok master i am at first very sorry
but i have another answer to the sentence : we drove slowly owing to the road being full of mud
and i have another backing to my opinion as we can use (now )with the present simple and have this sentence master to be covinced with my point of view : Ahmed used to smoke but now he doesnt.......................
Isnt it master ?????????????????/
and i say in the end that i am sorry and i thank u master for ur bothering
and i hope that Allah provide u with alot of science و أن يكثر من أمثال حضرتك يا مستر
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Ok. your first sentence is correct 100% (we drove slowly owing to the road being full of mud )
about now u r also right But.... here now ,means nowadays

at last there may be'' lot of opinions concerning one sentence in rewrite question