By Present tenses, Present continuous

I walked to the nurse desk and asked for a bottled water and one of the nurses told me that I couldn't take any liquid before surgery. Instead, she told me to get some rest. I walked back to my room and told my mom. Mom said, "Sounds like she knows what she's talking about."...

Hi, Please tell me what conditional these are and it they are correct If we take a look at the table of contents, it tell us what topics are included and on what page the information is located. -- Is this concern with what some people seem to call 'universal truth' and thus, a zero...

Hi, I have three questions on tenses. 1. How are they different? The mixing of a present and present continuous is what troubles me. He frowns, while he looks very embarrassed. He is frowning, while he is looking very embarrassed. He is frowning, while he looks very embarrassed. He frowns,...

Hi AvangiTo me, the word 'if' is used like 'whenever' in your sentence, and the word 'will' is used to indicate a habitual or repeated action (i.e. in that sentence, you are saying it is not your habit to wonder about things such as closed doors while you are on vacation)....

Hi, Please take a look at this and tell me why it is OK to use both the present and present continuous tenses. I have tendency to use a present continous for the likes of this sentential siutation. The part in present continous 'while doing the task' seems to go better if the tense in the main...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi,can somebody comment on these, and tell me what you think in terms of meaning, how common they are, etc.? Do it the way I told you.Do it how I told you.Do it like I told you.Do it as I told you.To me, these all mean the same thing; the last one would be the least common, and the...

Hi, could you pls explain the difference between 1) He is joining on oct 28 .He will joining on Oct 28. 2) "we are moving " "we will be moving" I am confused as which is correct. I know we can use present tense for the action that is decided before we speak. I would say it this way. You...

Hi Anon I'm glad that someone finally decided to try to do this test. I assume that in this test you are supposed to decide whether to use the present continuous or the simple present tense . (A few of the sentences will also work with a tense other than a present tense). The words in...

Simple present is "I read" not "I am reading," which is present continuous. I read negates to I do not read or I don't read. I am reading negates to I am not reading.

Using have with continuous tense doesn't sound good always. You had batter use present tense if there a scheculed time or something like that or going to or will.