By Grammar, Present progressive

Hello Dawnstorm,The terminology is not happy, admittedly; "middle voice" and "ergative" belong to other linguistic contexts, as has been mentioned; but I think it can be disentangled. It may be the case that "ergative" usage was once much more common in English....

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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Actually, these two cases are...

I'm not questioning about 'Present Perfect VS Present Perfect Progressive'. Please, let me know the difference of 'Present Progressive and Present Perfect Progressive'. For example, She is eating dinner for one hour. / She has been eating dinner for one hour. It is...

Right, except in the present perfect, as Grammar Geek showed you above. But then that's not, strictly speaking, expressing something about just the current moment, but about the entire hour that ends at the current moment.As explained above, you can't logically have an expression of...

Grammar Geek wrote: Use the present progressive if you want to talk about something that happened while you were chatting. We were having a chat as we waited/while we were waiting, and it occurred to us that... or We were having a chat, and we realized that... Hi So, I understand...

Hello, First, I would like to start by saying that I am a unilingual English speaker. Unlike many posters on this site, I am not trying to learn English, but rather to regain my fluency, so to speak. Allow me to explain: my brain acts very much like a sponge - it indiscriminately absorbs every...

I would like to share my 2-cent worth with you all. There are two parts to the question: a) the usage of the present progressive tense and b) the usage of the present perfect vs. that of the present perfect progressive. In general, the progressive form (i.e., -ing form of the base verb) is...

Grammar Geek wrote: Using the present progressive shows that it's a "snapshot" - what's going on right now. Thanks, GG. But my main concern is on "with" in "fit in with." Namely, why did you insert "with" in the phrase?

Hi,I have been to China twice. - Past Participle. Used in several tenses, like the present perfect. Sometimes used as an adjective.Studying history is a good way to waste your time. - Gerund. A verb used as a noun.Call me later, I'm busy. I am burning a couple of grammar books. - Present...

Tricky. Generally speaking, no, this form is not acceptable to native speakers. There are exceptions to this however. Are you liking this nice trip on the sea? Not acceptable. Yes, I'm loving it. Previously not acceptable but thanks to the MacDonalds adverts and slogan (I'm lovin' it) it is now...