One extra point I want to make which is when you add the adverb "regularly" to the sentence, it will skew the meaning which was intended. Consider this: A- I sent you an email earlier, did you get it? B- I am checking my

And that's why only the progressive tense is working here instead of works ? As Clive points out above, it's a matter of the meaning you want to convey. The present simple and the present continuous have different meanings. You have to

But I am reading my boo k seems to carry far less future implication than emphasizing present activity? Maybe I will be reading my book before she arrives? That's exactly what I had on my mind, Anon! I don't always know what is on native

Can I use Present Continuous to express future in complex sentences? For example: I'm leaving after she arrives. I'm reading my book before she arrives.

"Out" is an adverb modifying shopping. This is apparently a present progressive sentnece, because they are shopping .

Would anyone agree that it makes it more clear to say "They are lying down on the grass" to paint a picture of reclining on the grass looking up to the starry sky, perhaps ? Hi, Goodman. I suspect the answer is, "No." I'll

(1) & (2) are much too depressing for my gentle sensibilities 3) The earth is becoming heavily and is turning worse as days go by Do we need to repeat the "is" to make parallel structure? Can we just write "is" once and

First sample: 1. I am working on it. (present progressive tense) It implies that the activity which is the work is in progress. 2. I have been working on it. (present perfect progressive tense) It implies that the work began in the past, has

Hi, Either 'bad' or 'badly' is okay because 'bad' is also an adverb albeit informal. "I need that money bad" is an example found in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English; however, the dictionary also quickly notes, "a word used to mean

Forum_mail wrote: "So," said Shassad aloud and ruminatively, "he's screwing around till three in the morning. Then he gets up, gets dressed, goes down to the street, and meets..." Why is there 'screwing around' and not simply 'screw around' ?