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Layla1234 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

All the time-Present Simple or Continuous

Can I use the expression all the time with both Pesent Simple and Continuous or with any other tenses without changing the meaning? Please give some examples of the sentences?

Thanks in advance

layla
  

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I watch television. I watch television all the time. I was talking in class.

— AlpheccaStars

  • I watch television.
  • I watch television all the time.
  • I was talking in class.
  • I was talking in class all the time.
  • The adverb "all the time" does change the meaning.
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I watch television.
I watch television all the time.

I was talking in class.
I was talking in class all the time.

The adverb "all the time" does change the meaning.
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so how does all the time change the meaning?
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layla1234so how does all the time change the meaning?
I watch television. (Sometimes I might turn on the TV if I'm bored and have nothing else to do.)
I watch television all the time. (The TV is always on with me watching it.)

I was talking in class. (It happened once yesterday and I was punished.)
I was talking in class all the time. (It was
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