I would say that “He runs fast despite his old age.”
I was playing tennis the whole evening.
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Past Continuous Tense.
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Answer: figurative language
Explanation:
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Unclear question. I infered you are referring to the grammatical structure/usage of some expressions in the sentence.
Answer:
It is an Idiomatic expression.
Explanation:
The expression "following the crowds" is idiomatic, meaning It should be understood figuratively.
In a sense, as used in this context it implies there's a price for doing whatever others do pertaining to how long they cook. So one must maintain his own cooking time schedule not following the crowd.