In Present continuous^x, Verbs^x

Yoong Liat wrote: Ant_222 wrote: «When time (in this case 'last week') is mentioned, the verb that follows should be in the simple past tense.» Yoong, aren't you confusing people by that? What about "I am flying to Paris tomorrow?" or "I knew I had returned home at six."? I...

User_gary wrote: Philip wrote: User_gary wrote: I am eating oranges everyday in the morning. Here `eating' is adjective (i.e. past participle) or noun (i.e. Gerund)? What you have is the present continuous tense..and it really should be "I eat oranges every day.." OK, Thank you. ...

Selecter wrote: Mr. Grinch had stolen all the presents in the town and yelled: "They will be waking up now" Isn't now only for the present continuous? Apart from being used with verbs that don't usually take the (present) continuous form, "now" can be used in the meaning of "any minute", or...

If I understand what you are asking, the answer is usually in the same tense as the question. Where will you go for dinner? (Future) I will go to Chez Antoine. Where are you going? (present continuous) I am going to the store. When did you get here? (past) I got here about ten minutes...

What you described is exactly how I first learned about the subjunctive mood; by studying French. Very interesting that you mentioned it here. Just to add two ideas about the subjunctive. 1. AV was saying that the past subjunctive functions differently than the present, and thus should be called...

When you have "I am... "you expect an adjective (or an -ing verb for for present continuous, which is not the case here) to follow the "am." I am appreciative of your help describes how you are - it's an adjective. That would be one way to rewrite it, if you chose. I appreciate is a verb,...

One general point, Waterworld. We don't often use the simple present tense with most verbs. For 'right now', we use the present continuous; the simple present is used mostly for habits and facts that are always true. 1. I demanded the money from/of my father. 2. The police demanded to...

Hi Manicku 1) Other than the fact that one is the simple present tense and the other is present continuous tense, the main difference to me is that " I'm looking forward to " sounds a little friendlier and " I look forward to " sounds a little more formal. 2) The phrasal verb "...

hello all I will put (write) here all the general forms of the English grammar tenses as I know (understand ) it, I want you to chek it and correct me. Sometimes there is no form (just a speace), I want you to write the general form of the kind of the tense that is detected. I'm so sorry...

In MM's second example I would find "Are you listening to me?" more natural. Verbs of sense like see, hear and feel are not often used in the present continuous. To distinguish something happening now from a habitual situation we often susbstitute "do you see/hear..." with "can you see/hear...".