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Thank you very much Clive, because only with a native speaker like you I can solve different doubts that correspond to the real use of the language. I'm a teacher for adolecents and adolecents adults and as I'm not in a geographical english area is more difficult to check the real use of the...

1) I see no significant difference between your two sentences whether with live, work, or study. I would not assume anything with regard to English vocabulary and grammar! 2) To start with, I would say ... during the past ten years. The second version (with the progressive tense) mixes...

Dear Taka, It is my opinion that «it» is a hamburger. Therefore the state of love is finite. It means «enjoyment». It will end when the hamburger has been eaten. It is therefore possible to use the present progressive. It is also my opinion that «all» is people. Therefore the state of love is...

I'm not refering to this I'M about to c0ome thing. I mean I'm coming. It can be both future and present progressive. So, does it depend on the situation whats it means? But what does it mean in the context I gave a couple of posts before? Again, it's a difference if he is already coming and...

Paco: By the way I have a feeling that English 'now' (in the linguistic sense, not in the physical sense) is not instantaneous, but it seems to occupy some span in the time that flows from the past to the future. Otherwise I cannot understand the usage of the present progressive tense. JTT: I...

Technically, there are two tenses: Present (or Non-Past) and Past. There are four aspects derived from two aspect pairs (simple vs. perfect and simple vs. progressive): Simple, Perfect, Progressive, and Perfect Progressive Combining these gives eight tense-aspect combinations, sometimes...

I'm a little confused on the anatomy of the future tense with regard to "going to." For example: I am going to see a movie To me this looks like the present progressive (am going) + an infinitive (to see), but all explanations I find say that "be + going to + verb" is the correct structure. ...