Current situation or permanent situation?
I live in a small flat near the city center.
In the sentence, is the present tense "live" used for the current situation or the permanent situation? Please explain it to me.
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anonymous I live in a small flat near the city center. In the sentence, is the present tense "live" used for the current situation or the permanent situation? Please explain it to me.
- anonymous I live in a small flat near the city center.
- In the sentence, is the present tense "live" used for the current situation or the permanent situation?
- Please explain it to me.
- Nothing in the sentence says whether the situation will be permanent or not, but since it's the present tense, we know that the speaker currently lives there.
- CJ
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anonymousI live in a small flat near the city center.
In the sentence, is the present tense "live" used for the current situation or the permanent situation? Please explain it to me.
Nothing in the sentence says whether the situation will be permanent or not, but since it's the present tense, we know that the speaker currently lives there.
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