"Are you planning..." and "Are you staying..." are the present progressive tenses.  Unless you mean to ask if the person is currently, actively making a plan to stay awake, or currently, actively staying awake, that's not

The infinitive form is the primary entry in a dictionary for any verb. For example, you look up "be" in the dictionary, and see all of its forms and declination. Some verbs have the property that other verbs can follow them, like a

. Lately makes the 3rd sentence sound wrong. The present progressive certainly brings the experience more firmly into the present, but I don't thing the difference is that distinct or consistent for native speakers. And you might also consider

Thanks Tanit. My confusion might be rooted in the rule that says we can'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

It'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 "is having". Present simple is generally associated with repeated

Grammatically, it is correct (past participle as an adjective), but this is not usually used to describe a person. It is used for liquids and abstract nouns (concentrated effort, concentrated milk) The sentence should be the present progressive -

And I'm having to fake my feelings - present progressive of "have to" - meaning "must". Since must has no progressive form (it is an auxiliry), the choice is "have to". Another way is: I must always fake my

Thanks for confirming what I got right, and what I got wrong, appreciated :). I'll try the answers so, but just to let you bear in mind, when it comes to tenses, I have to choose between the following options: Present Perfect Present Simple

Thanks for your help Nick, and also Star: I am heading this way. (active) >> present progressive - means going to a place in a particular direction. ("this way") I am headed this way. (passive) >> This is not passive

Oh my, I don't even know what to say now, LOL. I always go a little crazy when I hear the words "standard" and "non-standard". Forget about standard and non-standard English. Let's consider "English used in general