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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Every Sunday and on weekends for "complaint"

Can I express complaint with every + nouns and other time expressions and progressive present tense like I am doing the dishes every Sunday ! I am meeting them on weekends!
Or something like always is only possible to express complaint with progressive present tense like She is always coming late!

What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
  

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All of your examples look good. You can use contractions: I'm doing the dishes every Sunday.

— Vorpar

  • All of your examples look good.
  • You can use contractions: I'm doing the dishes every Sunday.
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All of your examples look good.

You can use contractions: I'm doing the dishes every Sunday.
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Thank you so much and do you mean the sentence also implies complaints like I'm always doing the dishes, right?
Vorpar : I'm doing the dishes every Sunday.
And then the two sentences are different and the latter one has a complaint, right?

I travel every Sunday VS. I am traveling every Sunday
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Hans51the latter one has a complaint, right?
Not by definition, no. Either could be a complaint; neither carries the intrinsic meaning 'complaint'.
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Thank you so much but I have heard when 'always' is used with progressive present tense like I am always traveling', the sentence always implies a complaint. Or just because always is used with the tense does not mean the sentence always carries a complaint? And I thought here every Sunday functions the same as always. What do you think?
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Hans51I have heard when 'always' is used with progressive present tense like I am always traveling', the sentence always implies a complaint.
It is often so, but it is not a complaint by definition. I'm always travelling, too—and I just love it!
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