where have you been,we were expecting you back much earlier.were expecting能不能改成expected为什么?

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where have you been,we were expecting you back much earlier.
were expecting能不能改成expected
为什么?

不能

从语法分析,是可以的.
但是 were expecting 表示在过去这段时间一直期望.
改成expected体现不出来这层意思.