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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

conditional 1 (quotation)

Hi,
I would like to know if this quotation is definitely correct .

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful

Because, this part isn't so obvious for me
"If you love what you are doing"

It shouldn't be "if you love what you do "?

Greetings
L
  

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Anonymous "If you love what you are doing" It shouldn't be "if you love what you do "? Both are correct and have more or less the same meaning in the sentence.

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  • Anonymous "If you love what you are doing" It shouldn't be "if you love what you do "?
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Anonymous"If you love what you are doing"
It shouldn't be "if you love what you do "?
Both are correct and have more or less the same meaning in the sentence.
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Hmm I've thought that, however could you explain this for me ?
when we can use ing with these sort of conditionals while we don't reference for future ? and present actions ?
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Lolekwhen we can use ing with these sort of conditionals while we don't reference for future ? and present actions ?
I don’t think it has anything to do with conditionals, and I don’t know what you mean by future reference. It just happens that in this case what you are doing, perhaps idiomatically, refers to your current primary pursuit or occup
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well i had on my mind that we aren't saying about future.

So basically, i can say, for example, " i like what i'm doing " doing nothing in that moment ? Refers to my occupation ? Will it be grammatically correct?

I've found one similar quotation
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LolekSo basically, i can say, for example, " i like what i'm doing " doing nothing in that moment ? Refers to my occupation ? Will it be grammatically correct?
Yes, as long as you capitalize the pronoun
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I guess "verb+ing" can also be used to denote some temporary situations?

For ex, 1. He teaches English
2. He is teaching maths(He is originally an English teacher, but he is currently teaching maths to fill some gap)

Am I right?
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Sam28Am I right?
No, the use of the present continuous alone, or any other tense, can’t tell us that. You would need to explain, e.g., He is also working as a substitute math teacher.
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I was reading Martin Hewings book the other day. As per the book "We use the present continuous to imply that a situation is or may be temporary".

I hope I am not disturbing you
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Sam28I was reading Martin Hewings book the other day. As per the book "We use the present continuous to imply that a situation is or may be temporary".
Do you have an example of this?
Sam28I hope I am not disturbing you.
Not at all. This is what I’m here for, after all.
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Yeah, he has given two examples.

1. a) Banks lend money to make a profit.(this is what usually happens)
b) Banks are lending more money(these days) to encourage business to expand.(implies a temporary arrangement)

2. a) She teaches Maths in a school in Bonn.(a permanent arrangement)
b) She's teaching Maths in a school in Bonn.(implies that this is not, or may not
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