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what was she saying vs what she was saying

Both phrases are correct, but 'What was she saying' is a complete question where 'what' is the subject, 'was' is the auxiliary verb, and 'she saying' is the object. 'What she was saying' is a noun clause that can be used as a subject or object in a sentence.
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what was she saying

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used as a complete question to inquire about something that someone was saying in the past.

Examples:

  • What was she saying when you walked in?
  • I didn't catch what she was saying during the meeting.
  • May 21, 2024 ... What was she saying? Meme / Fluff. r/HonkaiStarRail - Daily ...
  • May 26, 2024 ... What was she saying? Is the next person to disturb the fairy ring going to set off this curse? Why the same hand gestures? Why (as a ...
  • Mar 8, 2020 ... ... to nier · r/nier 5 yr. ago. feel-physics. ADMIN MOD. Join. Options. Report. SPOILER. What was she saying? Discussion. This video cannot be ...
  • Aug 18, 2024 ... Well, what was she saying? She's telling us that even marriage to Billy Graham was difficult! Because it is. You see, although marriage was ...
  • Oct 22, 2024 ... What was she saying about an earlier taping of the show? And talking about her molestation? wtf was that. Sorry, this post was deleted by the ...
  • Aug 21, 2018 ... But what was she saying? Something about discussion boards, maybe. This went on for 10 minutes. Astonishingly, at the end, people clapped ...
  • Dec 15, 2022 ... All sales final question: everything felt ???? what was she saying ... This video cannot be played.
  • Mar 13, 2023 ... But as I thought about it more, I started to wonder: If his daughter was so good at dealing with difficult situations, what was she saying that ...
  • Aug 9, 2024 ... What was she saying? She didn't say it to me, I overheard her saying it to the teachers aide. “He's not writing letters, he's drawing them ...

Alternatives:

  • What did she say?
  • What was she talking about?
  • What was she discussing?
  • What was she mentioning?
  • What was she expressing?

what she was saying

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is a noun clause that can function as the subject or object in a sentence, providing information about what someone was saying.

Examples:

  • I understood what she was saying.
  • What she was saying made sense to me.
  • He ignored what she was saying.
  • The teacher asked about what she was saying.
  • I couldn't hear what she was saying.
  • What She Was Saying: Stories ; Publication date. March 1, 2017 ; Dimensions. 6 x 0.45 x 9 inches ; ISBN-10. 1942515685 ; ISBN-13. 978-1942515685 ; Publisher, ‎Fomite ...
  • Oct 9, 2020 ... Thank you! I was wondering what she was saying, I honestly thought she was probably espousing her Nazi ideas.
  • Feb 16, 2017 ... He wasn't understanding what she was saying, and she wasn't understanding what he was saying. The whole thing was a mess. For the first few ...
  • Dec 19, 2021 ... Did Elizabeth Holmes genuinely believe any of what she was saying? I know that's the million dollar question when it comes to EH, and the ...
  • Aug 21, 2022 ... We figured out what she was saying. Obviously. 19 days until Gauley Season! ; Chuck Roberson. October 1st back doing the Gauley!!!! Past five ...
  • May 17, 2023 ... Is it ever explained what she was saying here (Peace land arc) ... Was just reading ch 450 and dokja mentioned something about her while talking ...
  • May 16, 2024 ... ” My mother had no idea what she was saying. She wrote the word on her hand by sounding it out in farsi. She went home that day and her ...
  • Oct 16, 2024 ... ... what she was saying – since many of the points she made are rarely heard on Fox. She also plugged her campaign website at the end.
  • Apr 8, 2018 ... While we have no knowledge of other dimensions at this time, what she was saying was entirely possible. Our science just hasn't discovered ...
  • Jul 23, 2024 ... Of course, she had a very severe speech delay, so a lot of her outbursts were because others couldn't understand what she was saying or wanting.

Alternatives:

  • Her words
  • Her speech
  • Her message
  • Her communication
  • Her dialogue

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