By Conversations, Present progressive

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She is eating dinner for one hour. / She has been eating dinner for one hour.He is watching TV all day. / He has been watching TV all day. It is raining outside. / It has been raining outside. What are you talking about? / What have you been talking about? You can't specify a period...

Hi Dax, I just want to clarify something about present progressive. If we are engaged in a conversation and you and I are having a cup of tea, then "are having" refers to now. If I ask you " what are you doing this weekend?", I am asking you "do you have any plan this weekend" or "what will you...

Paco: By the way I have a feeling that English 'now' (in the linguistic sense, not in the physical sense) is not instantaneous, but it seems to occupy some span in the time that flows from the past to the future. Otherwise I cannot understand the usage of the present progressive tense. JTT: I...

We would never say "Why will you want to do that." It does not make sense in English. If we are questioning someone's definite plans for the future, we would say "Why DO you want to do that?" We use the present simple for the QUESTION because, although the plans are made, the person is...