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Hi everybody,Why do all the Grammar books use the expressions "simple present" and "simple past", although all the other tenses start with the tense-marker and add the aspect-marker then: present progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive, past progressive, past...

Hi everybody,I'm a teacher of English at a German Grammar School and after 12 years of experience I'm still wondering about the following puzzle:Why do all the Grammar books stick to the "confusing" expressions simple past and simple present, although it seems quite more logical...

It's grammatically correct, and it makes sense, but it's not natural.Compare two expressions: finding out / found outgetting to know / got to knowThe first one is used for learning or discovering about something at a particular point in time. The second one is used for gradually learning...

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...

Hi, Calif Jim. I see your idea about Present Progressive well, but I'm not so sure about this－－ You wrote:The past progressive doesn't work the same as the present progressive, so you can refer to more than just a short moment with the past progressive. --- So, what's the difference...

Hi, Calif JIm.You wrote:No. Why do you think so? He was going to read for an hour expresses his past intention to read. It may or may not have have happened. －－Do you mean "He was reading a book for an hour." is a wrong sentence? －－Can't Past Progressive Form coexist with a...

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...

Try putting back the ellipsis: 1. Who do you want to fight Benny?2. Who do you wanna fight, Benny? And answering the questions: 1. I want Duke to fight Benny. 2. I wanna fight Duke. Not that wanna cannot be used when want is separated from to. Who is gonna fight Benny? Duke is gonna fight...

Dear teachers,Would you please tell me which sentence you prefer best and why (if possible) ?1) a) You DO look very tired. Shall I run you a bath ?b) You look very tired INDEED. Shall I run you a bath ?2) a) “When ARE we LEAVING?” kept asking their nephew.b) “When DO we LEAVE?” kept asking their...

Hi I am not good in english but, i can say : Going to is an expression to indicate a present progressive so we start now and terminate the action in the furure Will is used to indicate a future time. for your sentence we can say "Will mary phone to us this evening" is too quite then going...