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

Here's how it should be: Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he were alive . Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he had not died earlier this year . There are a

He works hard - Work is the verb, simple enough! Has has worked hard all his life. The main verb is "worked" (in past participle form) but "has" (acts as a modal) now made the tense present perfect. So when you are

Hello. I have read in an english grammar that: "We use will for instant decisions about the immediate future: What are you doing after the lesson? " and that "The present progressive is most used for arrangements in the near future,

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There is a class of verbs in English known as "stative" verbs because they relate to a state of being rather than an action (as in a dynamic verb); believe, hate, love for example are stative verbs. These are never used in the continuous

In English, with a verb like "love," one usually does not use the progressive; however, sometimes it is fine in converstion. E.g., "At first, I did not like the taste of this food, but I'm loving it more every day." In

The impressive implies future, here, and I think it is more appropriate and more common.

You you say, I am having guests this evening; or I have guests this evening?

Native speakers might prefer: I don't think (that) you should accept the job. When people use the present progressive for certain verbs, the idea is "more and more." That is, I'm thinking (more and more each day) that you