Present Continuous

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boutsady

#567899 Fri, 19 Sep 08 03:35 PM

when do we use " present continuous"?

For example:
we are being shown ( when we say it?) is it the same as we are showing? what are the difference?

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Philip

#567906 Fri, 19 Sep 08 03:39 PM

Your question actually concerns the passive voice. We are being shown is the passive voice = someone else is showing something to us.

This is the present continuous, used to indicate that the action is happeneing at the time the sentence is spoken.

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