By Present continuous

It's the simple present. Present continuous (progressive) would be "I'm awaiting". Both are probably correct for your purposes.

Your examples seem to show that you understand it well.In simple present you actually feel the hate and do the deed. I hate to embarrass you like this. Since hate can have some duration, you could use present continuous. I'm hating every minute of this.In simple past, I hated taking the toy...

Greetings,I have a pretty big favour to ask.I've been struggling with this topic for quite awhile now.It goes without saying that my English "leaves something to be desired".Having in mind the subtle differences that occur from using particular tenses, I have often wondered how the...

The script writer is not going to have someone who lived long ago speak modern English. The character has to speak the way they spoke during those times. (English did not always use the present continuous the way it is used today.)This is just another example of how you can't learn modern...

Hi there,Here's what the queen says to one of her servants in the movie "The Fountain"The servant approaches her, knees before her, and she asks (seeing him crying)Why do you cry?My question is: why on earth does she say it in the present simple instead of (a more appropriate in my...

I think we'd be more likely to use the infinitive. help him lift the crate, rather than Shall I help him lifting the crate.People often use it in the past tense, as I helped her doing the housework, meaning I helped her by / in doing the housework, or I helped her while she was doing the...

Hi YSchneiderYes, that's one of the sentences I might disagree with CalifJim about. If I were typing out an e-mail and wanted to tell the person that I was sending an attachment with it, I doubt that I would use the simple past tense. I'd probably use either the present perfect OR the...

What do you want to learn about it? Its meaning: to feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happenYou can use it with simple present or present continuous without change in meaning. After "look forward to" you can use a noun or a verb, depending on the meaning you want...