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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Different tenses for question and answer
Is the second response by B correct?
A: What is worrying you, Joe?
1.B: I am worrying about her financial situation.
2.B: I am worried about her financial siutation.
A: What is worrying you, Joe?
1.B: I am worrying about her financial situation.
2.B: I am worried about her financial siutation.
Top answer
Yes; in fact, of the two it is the more natural response.
- Yes; in fact, of the two it is the more natural response.
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Yes; in fact, of the two it is the more natural response.
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Yes; in fact, of the two it is the more natural response.
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I would say "B" is more correct because the meaning you are striving for is that you are AND REMAIN worried, presumably for some time to come.
"I am worrying" conveys that you are worrying, right now, as a temporary behavior and not as being in a "state" of being worried. Just like other "I am"-"ing" constructions like "I am driving" or "I am working."
However we know that bein
"I am worrying" conveys that you are worrying, right now, as a temporary behavior and not as being in a "state" of being worried. Just like other "I am"-"ing" constructions like "I am driving" or "I am working."
However we know that bein
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