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lballeys

#45845 Thu, 16 Sep 04 03:45 PM

In terms of verb tenses and their use, describe the differences between the following two sentences and then state how you might teach these differences to learners new to English:

1. Mary brushes her teeth every morning.
2. Mary is brushing her teeth now.

Many thanks in advance for your help.

lballeys

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Verbs, Tenses

Mister Micawber

#45849 Thu, 16 Sep 04 03:51 PM

Please do not double-post.

(1) represents a timeless habit.

(2) represents an occurrence at the moment of the locution.

Mister Micawber

Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004

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hitchhiker

#45854 Thu, 16 Sep 04 04:12 PM

lballeys - I removed your sig. (Why would you advertise your forums on ours, without even asking?) - Not good conduct at all.

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lballeys

#45860 Thu, 16 Sep 04 04:39 PM

i don't understand ...

lballeys

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#49351 Thu, 07 Oct 04 02:58 PM

when we will used the pressent perfect continuous

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Mister Micawber

#49360 Thu, 07 Oct 04 03:24 PM

'I have been studying English for 50 years.' Use present perfect continuous for a continuing or repetitive activity or event from an uspecified time in the past until now, when you wish to emphasize the ongoing action rather than the nature of the activity.

Mister Micawber

Present perfect