In Present progressive^x, Negatives^x

Mister Micawber: «In the first case, you are finished thinking; in the second case, you are not.» If to take possible contexts into consideration, I disagree: Past Simple, but he's still thinking (at the moment of speech): 1. I can't solve this problem! I was thinking yesterday at...

It's much less typical to use "always" with the present progressive. It's not logical to expect "always looking forward to" to have any kind of negative meaning. "Looking forward to something" is not the sort of thing that annoys or angers other people. (2) implies annoyance (1) can...

Hi, 1/Why did you wrote:Adding always is not idiomatic. ? 2/So, the speaker may use the present progressive with always, forever, constantly not only to complain , i.e., to express annoyance or anger (negative meaning) but also to express the general/neutral idea. Is that right? (Ex:He's...