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TomJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Grammar: Tenses: Present (continuous and simple)
Hello teachers,
I have these two sentences and I'd like you to tell me the difference in their meaning(s), please.
Here're the sentences:
1) Joe lives in New York.
2) We're living near the station at the moment.
(The site that I've taken them from says that the first one with "present simple" is a permanent situation, while the second one with the "present continuous" is a temporary or limited-in-time situation.) But I am wondering how come #1 can't be a temporary or limited-in-time situation and #2 can't be a permanent.
Could you please shed some light here?
Thank you.
I have these two sentences and I'd like you to tell me the difference in their meaning(s), please.
Here're the sentences:
1) Joe lives in New York.
2) We're living near the station at the moment.
(The site that I've taken them from says that the first one with "present simple" is a permanent situation, while the second one with the "present continuous" is a temporary or limited-in-time situation.) But I am wondering how come #1 can't be a temporary or limited-in-time situation and #2 can't be a permanent.
Could you please shed some light here?
Thank you.
Top answer
Simple Present denotes regular actions rather in this case permanency and thus, Joe lives in New York is deemed as permanent,but whereas Present Continuous is used to refer to actions which are going on now or temporary. Your second sentence even without at the moment, we can say it is temporary action by looking at "(We) are living" .
- Simple Present denotes regular actions rather in this case permanency and thus, Joe lives in New York is deemed as permanent,but whereas Present Continuous is used to refer to actions which are going on now or temporary.
- Your second sentence even without at the moment, we can say it is temporary action by looking at "(We) are living" .
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Simple Present denotes regular actions rather in this case permanency and thus, Joe lives in New York is deemed as permanent,but whereas Present Continuous is used to refer to actions which are going on now or temporary.
Your second sentence even without at the moment, we can say it is temporary action by looking at "(We) are living" .
Your second sentence even without at the moment, we can say it is temporary action by looking at "(We) are living" .
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