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Hly2004 wrote:I don't know wether it is a rule or not. It's not. It's a matter of usage and style. Hly2004 wrote: for example: "He nodded excitedly" and "He nodded in excitement" ,the latter sounds much better for me.and the same feeling exits ,For example:My point is the...

Hello guys I googled on the uses of "I study Japanese" and "I'm/am studying Japanese". Now I study Japanese. 125 I study Japanese now. 7 Now I'm/am studying Japanese. 311 I'm/am studying Japanese now. 136 In the case of the verb being "study", users of present progressive...

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...