In Present simple^x

Anonymous wrote:Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance. *********** Hi Here is a summary about the...

Forum_mail wrote:so... what actually am I supposed to choose, when the book gives me two options and I have to pick just one of them, like in this one:"I spend/am spending more time with my girlfriend these days" - this is taken from a book... which one to choose?thanksI would choose 'I am...

In this case I prefer "I am spending more time with my girlfriend these days". Though I am not sure whether the Present Simple version is ok or not...

so... what actually am I supposed to choose, when the book gives me two options and I have to pick just one of them, like in this one:"I spend/am spending more time with my girlfriend these days" - this is taken from a book... which one to choose?thanks

Every rule says that time expresions like "now" ... are used with the Present Continuous and not the Present Simple... That doesn't sound right. now with the simple present is quite possible. Could I say I spend more time with my girlfriend these days ? instead of I'm spending... ? I...

«Every rule says that time expresions like "now" (which actually stand for "these days" in this sentence, in my opinion) are used with the Present Continuous and not the Present Simple...» It is a bad rule that is superficial, that is, not reflecting the nature of things. It is just...

Here's the sentence:I don't see him very much nowEvery rule says that time expresions like "now" (which actually stand for "these days" in this sentence, in my opinion) are used with the Present Continuous and not the Present Simple...thanks in advance,ps. and one more thing:Could I say I...

Hao Thai:"Now could you please do the same for past perfect, presentperfect, future perfect, and their associated progressivecousins?"Ok, but that'll take some time. PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVEYesterday at 9:30 I had been eating for 5 minutes. |<----------------->| ...

Hi, I thought you might want to have a look at this post. Even though the fact (in your case, majoring; in the example I am posting below, having a brother) holds true, since you used "You didn't know" (which is in the past), past simple is always correct and, as Cool Breeze says, much more...

1. Present Simple Tom walks to school every day. Tom has strong legs. Tom is a good student. Tom dosen't walk to school every day. Tom hasn't strong legs. or Tom doesn't have strong legs. Tom is not a good student. Does Tom walk to school every day? Does Tom have strong legs? Is Tom...