Expression 'I stayed there the whole...'

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

Hi,
Which one of these two sentences is correct:

‘I stayed there the whole evening, listened to all the lectures and thought I would be able to meet that profesor’

‘I stayed there the whole evening, listening to all the lectures and thinking I would be able to meet that professor’

Many thanks
Nessie.

2

Except for a spelling mistake in the first one (professor), both sentences are correct.

3

I would put a comma after “lectures” in the first one. That keeps the main verbs “stayed” and “thought” parallel and makes the “listening” phrase a side note.

4

Thanks a lot, Barb and Conchita :slight_smile:
But grammatically, why are they both correct?

5

Or what’s the difference between them?

Many thanks,
Nessie.

6

There isn’t much of a difference between the two sentences. They are simply two ways of expressing the same thing.