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Samersamer1974 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

grammar

Hello
I am reading the book ( advanced grammar in use by martin hewings)so I noticed that is one of the uses of the present continuous is (to talk about particular or events that have begun but have not ended at the the time of speaking ) for example: "The car isn't starting again".
so my question is : is this use is similar to the perfect tense .and can we replace this sentence like: " The car haven't started again'.
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1. The car isn't starting again 2. The car hasn't started again In (1) you're still in the middle of the event and are open to the car starting as part of that event.

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  • The car isn't starting again 2.
  • The car hasn't started again In (1) you're still in the middle of the event and are open to the car starting as part of that event.
  • In (2) the event has completed, if you get it to start that's a new event (even if it's immediately after).
  • Perhaps others have an alternative way of looking at it?
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1. The car isn't starting again
2. The car hasn't started again

In (1) you're still in the middle of the event and are open to the car starting as part of that event.
In (2) the event has completed, if you get it to start that's a new event (even if it's immediately after).

Perhaps others have an alternative way of looking at it?

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The car isn't starting again. This could also be used of something that has been occurring over a limited time.
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