http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3715.30106)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasIsHavingABreakNow/hcnnh/post.htm#598613Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:56:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:598613Magic790http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasIsHavingABreakNow/hcnnh/post.htm#598613http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-598613.xmlThanks Tanit. My confusion might be rooted in the rule that says we can&#39;t use the possesion have/has in the present progressive: I am having a car (wrong). I have a car (correct). But I was really driven by intuition rather than a formal rule. This intuiton might be rooted in the rule that you menitoned because I learened it years and years ago. But how about this: Speaker A: Hey! I would like to talk to you. Do you have a break now? Speaker B: Hmmm, yes I do. (I do have a break = I have a break now). Yes, I actually have a break now. To me, speaker B sounds correct. If I am right, then the difference between a. I have a break now. b. I am having a break now. is that (a) might mean that I am just starting my break,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasIsHavingABreakNow/hcnnh/post.htm#598570Fri, 22 May 2009 14:56:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:598570Tanit1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasIsHavingABreakNow/hcnnh/post.htm#598570http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-598570.xmlIt&#39;s 10 am. He is in his office. He __a break now. To me, both (has and is having) sound OK. But can anyone explain this in more details? Thanks. Hi, I would use only &quot;is having&quot;. Present simple is generally associated with repeated actions, so it would be appropriate in a sentence like &quot; At 10am he is in his office and has a break. &quot; In your sentence, you&#39;re not talking about his habits/a routine, but about something that is happening right now, and &quot; now &quot; calls for present progressive. I wonder if your concern has to do with the so-called rule according to which stative verbs shouldn&#39;t be used in the progressive form. That rule oversimplifies English grammar. Just my (a learner&#39;s) two...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasIsHavingABreakNow/hcnnh/post.htm#598543Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:56:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:598543Yoong Liat2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasIsHavingABreakNow/hcnnh/post.htm#598543http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-598543.xmlIt&#39;s 10 am. He is in his office. He __a break now. To me, both (has and is having) sound OK. But can anyone explain this in more details? Thanks. &quot;He is having a break now.&quot; He/She could be drinking or resting.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasIsHavingABreakNow/hcnnh/post.htmFri, 22 May 2009 14:56:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:598458Magic793http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasIsHavingABreakNow/hcnnh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-598458.xmlIt&#39;s 10 am. He is in his office. He __a break now. To me, both (has and is having) sound OK. But can anyone explain this in more details? Thanks.