What made you smile today ?

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Question: Why use the past progressive tense when past simple is all that's necessary?

An amateur grammar geek 🙂

Thread title: What made you smile today? As in past perfect tense.
English isn't easy 😛

*The sun had shone today? Cripes!*

Me thinks OP's sounded better than both of ours, yes/no?
 
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But wait! The duration of sunshine may have made
happiness an ongoing experience,
spanning several moments instead of being a single event?

Face it, she was likely correct all along.
That idea made me happy.😎
 
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