In Present progressive^x

Grammatically, it is correct (past participle as an adjective), but this is not usually used to describe a person. It is used for liquids and abstract nouns (concentrated effort, concentrated milk) The sentence should be the present progressive - I am concentrating on the maturity exam.

And I'm having to fake my feelings - present progressive of "have to" - meaning "must". Since must has no progressive form (it is an auxiliry), the choice is "have to". Another way is: I must always fake my feelings. Meaning she won't have a persona just a...

Thanks for confirming what I got right, and what I got wrong, appreciated :).I'll try the answers so, but just to let you bear in mind, when it comes to tenses, I have to choose between the following options:Present PerfectPresent SimplePresent ProgressivePast SimpleAnd...obviously Past,...

Thanks for your help Nick, and also Star: I may not have a clear idea of what "active" and "passive" voices are, not long ago I was corrected for mis-identifying a set of sentences as such. Still if, in this case, "head" is an intransitive verb, why does it...

Oh my, I don't even know what to say now, LOL. I always go a little crazy when I hear the words "standard" and "non-standard". Forget about standard and non-standard English. Let's consider "English used in general by Americans, without considering...

Semantically it seems to mean the same. But grammatically, the sentence has changed. Blanket was a noun in the first, and now it is a verb. This seems to be an equivalent phrasing, (with American English verb/subject agreement): Holding outgoing radiation for a while and warming the surface, an...

My answer is similar to Yankee's.The present progressive ("is beginning") can refer to a future event when used in conjunction with an adverb or adverbial phrase.Examples:It is beginning to rain. (no adverb/adverbial phrase)The farmer is beginning his work on Tuesday. (adverbial...

That is misleading. The present progressive can refer to an on-going present activity, or it can refer to an arranged/planned future activity. Rain is not something that people can arrange or plan the beginning of.If you say "It is beginning to rain", that means that there have already...

Hi,I was told that a present or past progressive tense like "is sleeping" or "was sleeping" denotes a temporary action or activity and the present perfect or past perfect progressive is used to indicate duration.I don't understand why a present progressive is one that...

<< think it is right to say most stative verbs like "feel" can not be used in progressive>>No, this is a misconception. He isn't feeling well.Is the word "feeling" an adjective? No, is still a verb in present progressive form. i.e. how are you felling with you...