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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

I think a lot about you lately.
I've been thinking a lot about you lately.

Is the first sentence acceptable?
  

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Not really.. This is OK: I think a lot about you. lately .

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  • This is OK: I think a lot about you.
  • lately .
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Not really.. This is OK:
I think a lot about you. lately.
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So, I can't use present simple with these days/recently and lately?

I study a lot lately./these days/
I've been studying a lot lately./these days/
I'm studying a lot lately./these days/
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With simple present, use adverbs that do not have a meaning of continuous activity.
Use adverbs which imply a time period with the continuous tenses.

I study a lot now.

I study more now than I did last year.
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I study more now than I did last year.

I've been studying more now than I did last year.

I'm studying more now than I did last year.

Are the last two sentences correct?
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AlpheccaStarsWith simple present, use adverbs that do not have a meaning of continuous activity.Use adverbs which imply a time period with the continuous tenses.
So I shouldn't use simple present with these days/lately/recently.

I study a lot recently/these days/lately.
I've been studying a lot recently/these days/lately.
I'm studying a lot re
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AnonymousI've been studying more now than I did last year.
I'm studying more now than I did last year. Are the last two sentences correct?
My opinions is, Not really, I would say: I have been studying harder than last year. The meaning of "now" is almost inclusive in the present perfect continuous.
For the second sentence,
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Anonymous__What tense do you prefer to use with these days/lately/recently?
Anon,
Is is not a matter of preference, and we can't really arbitrarily make our own rules. Typically, adverbs like " recently"and "lately" carry a present perfect continuous connotation. i.e. " John has been acting rather strange lately / recently."
Or, Paul
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Or other unfinished time words such as: today, this month, this year, this week?
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As in:

I see a lot of you these days/this month/this week/today/this year/lately.
I have been seeing a lot of you these days/this month/this week/today/this year/lately.
I'm seeing a lot of you these days/this month/this week/today/this year/lately.

They are all interchangeable, aren't they?
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I've been studying more now than I did last year. OK
I'm studying more now than I did last year. OK
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