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Uzytkownik "John O'Flaherty" (Email Removed) napisal w wiadomosci The example doesn't entirely make sense, because you usually would take a bath before seeing someone, and taking a bath doesn't take all night, so it
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cairon
6 yr 23 days ago
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Yes, whl you're right!
>>"Learning may be easy, if you are learning from a good teacher, but teaching is work."
Verbs in this sentence are:
may, be;
are, learning;
is
may & be; are & learning belong together - they build the
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The present progressive here is fine. It stresses the fact that the actions are not routines, but temporary actions happening around the present.
Although they go shopping etc. every day, these actions are only happening while they are in Paris
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Hi,
I feel a bit confused about using present progressive in the following paragraph:
My family and I are having a good time here in Paris. Every day we are shopping, taking tours around the city. We are eating at the hotel's restaurant where
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be Interesting. I hope someone will explain why Karl couldn't say, and I couldn't say, "We send you a postcard." Strictly speaking, he could have. "Next week, we send you a postcard and you send us one, OK?" Yet another
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jerry friedman
6 yr 56 days ago
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be Not obscure. Next week I get married and we leave on our honeymoon. We'll send you a postcard. Interesting. I hope someone will explain why Karl couldn't say, and I couldn't say, "We send you a postcard." Strictly
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donna richoux
6 yr 57 days ago
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You certainly meant which tense is used in each sentence?!
1. lives -> Simple Present
---> for generally known facts, truths; habits
2. is studying -> Present Progressive
---> expresses actions that happen just right now in this moment
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I don't want to make them passive, I just wanted to know if there really is no passive form for those Perfect Progressive tenses while every other tense has a passive voice though.
E.g. Present: "Tom writes a letter" --> "A letter is written by
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