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In narratives, the present continuous gives the 'flavor' of being there, a sense of immediacy. Maybe whoever Shassad is talking to is being asked to imagine it happening as if he were seeing it with his own eyes. Or rather, perhaps Shassad is almost operating in the mode of one who wants to...

Borut K. wrote:Thanx. I though so. I was confused by following definition:“The Present Perfect Continuous tense is used to express continuous, ongoing actions which have already been completed at the time of speaking or writing.”And according to this definition I believed using Present perfect...

Excuse me Mister Micawber , you said :We have been moved into a new house for a week now. We have been moving into a new house for a week now I am a little comfused , could you please explain more , because i didn't get you . As i know , if we want to tell a sentence in the passive we replace...

Hello Why did we put here Past Perfect Continuous not Present Continuous? - It was obvious that they had been playing football in the park. Why did we put here Past Perfect not Present Perfect? - As soon as I saw her, I relised we had met before. Thanks & Regards

Dear wwwdotcom, It is a most interesting question. It is my opinion that it is possible to conclude from the question in number 1 and in number 2 that it is a question about a habit. It is possible therefore to comprehend each answer as an answer about habit. It is further my opinion that it...

Milky wrote: This one, for example: An intransitive verb that appears active but expresses a passive action characterizes the English middle voice. For example, in The casserole cooked in the oven, cooked is syntactically active but semantically passive, putting it in the middle voice. The...

Thanx. I though so. I was confused by following definition: “The Present Perfect Continuous tense is used to express continuous, ongoing actions which have already been completed at the time of speaking or writing.” And according to this definition I believed using Present perfect...

Thank you very much, CJ, for your answers! Some more questions if you wouldn't mind: 1) Do May / Might NOT (like CANNOT) express an interdiction = must not ? ex: ? 2) Mrs James is in hospital and HASN’T BEEN ALLOWED TO have (and NOT “could have”) a cigarette after her meals. (correct ?) 3)...