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expressing future

Hello everyone! I've got two questions to ask:1. Are "be going to" and the Present Continuous two completely interchangeable forms when we talk about expressing future plans? Is there any difference between "Henry is having a birthday party on Saturday" and "Henry is...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Loojka 86 days ago Difference between Present continuous
Re: Can I say it like these

Anyway, I'm not going to write all those examples again, but the gist of it is that in the affirmative, you can explain a difference between present continuous and present perfect, but in the negative, when something doesn't happen, it doesn't make much difference if it doesn't...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Avangi 94 days ago Difference between Negatives Present continuous Present perfect Tenses Simple present
Re: What is the difference between "I will and I am going to"

If teaching it for the first time, how about breaking it down like this:Decisions/offers .. Intentions..plansDecisions/offers... we use 'will'at the moment of deciding or offering something E.g.It's hot in here, I'll open the window.O.K., I'll go tomorrow.If it's nice...

ESL Basic English Grammar Questions and Help by Alan.es 142 days ago Difference between Present continuous
Re: is joining/ will be joining

Hi, could you pls explain the difference between 1) He is joining on oct 28 .He will joining on Oct 28. 2) "we are moving " "we will be moving" I am confused as which is correct. I know we can use present tense for the action that is decided before we speak. I would say it this way. You...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 178 days ago Difference between Tenses Present continuous Present tenses
Re: who wear/wearing

Hi N2G, New2grammar wrote:You are a pervert now, one who likes watching grannies wearing a strapless bra. You are a pervert now, one who likes watching grannies who wear a strapless bra. Is there any difference in meaning? It's the same as between "see someone do" and "see someone doing", or...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 201 days ago Simple present Grammar Difference between Present continuous
liable

1. He is thankful to the old lady. I think it's wrong. I want to say that he feels thankful since the old lady must have helped him. But how to express that sentence in a right way? I think the preposition 'to' is wrong using here. 2. He is always traveling. Why does it use present continuous...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by MIA6 238 days ago Difference between Prepositions Tenses Present continuous
ING

Hi, everybody I have a few questions. What's the difference between: gerund, past participle, present continuous and present progressive? Can you make me an example of each? How do I recognize them?, to what question do they answer?

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 243 days ago Present progressive Difference between Present continuous Gerunds
present continuous

1. We usually use present continuous tense refers to something happening right at this moment. Here are two sentences from my grammar book: A few artists live in town today. A few artists are living in town today. What does the second sentence mean here? I think the first one is definitely...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by MIA6 339 days ago Grammar Difference between Tenses Present continuous Present tenses Present perfect Past tenses

I am doing (Future) VS I am going to do (future)

Hi,Can anybody help to clarify the difference between the two?according to Raymond Murphy:'' We use I am doing(present continuous) when we say what we have arranged to do- for example, arranged to meet somebody, arranged to go somewhere: i am meeting Ann this evening; I...

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Re: feel as if I were ~ing/feel as if I am ~ing

CalifJim wrote: «He's running as if he's being chased by a tiger» I mean, is present subjunctive ok here?Ant_222, Not sure what you mean here. Present subjunctive would give us: He's running as if he be being chased by a tiger. That won't work at all. CJ "He's running as if he's being...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 1 yr 159 days ago Difference between Present continuous Subjunctives