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Hans51 Posted 13 years ago
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He is always mixing up appointments.
1) He is always mixing up appointments.
2) He always mixes up appointments.
I have learned that present progressive tenses and always imply complaints and I think that the #2 with present tenses and always also imply complaints. Although they are not interchange all the time, at least the two sentences are the same in meaning, I think. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much in advance.
2) He always mixes up appointments.
I have learned that present progressive tenses and always imply complaints and I think that the #2 with present tenses and always also imply complaints. Although they are not interchange all the time, at least the two sentences are the same in meaning, I think. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much in advance.
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This example doesn't seem the best way to judge the matter because mixing up appointments is never a desirable thing, and so we assume some nuance of complaint or dissatisfaction whatever the phrasing A better example might be "He's always telling me about his family problems" / "He always tells me about his family problems". In this case we can see, all other things being equal, that the former does have more of a nuance of complaint than the latter. g.
- This example doesn't seem the best way to judge the matter because mixing up appointments is never a desirable thing, and so we assume some nuance of complaint or dissatisfaction whatever the phrasing A better example might be "He's always telling me about his family problems" / "He always tells me about his family problems".
- In this case we can see, all other things being equal, that the former does have more of a nuance of complaint than the latter.
- g.
- "Whenever I go round there she's always baking yummy cakes".
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This example doesn't seem the best way to judge the matter because mixing up appointments is never a desirable thing, and so we assume some nuance of complaint or dissatisfaction whatever the phrasing
A better example might be "He's always telling me about his family problems" / "He always tells me about his family problems". In this case we can see, all other things being equal, that the
A better example might be "He's always telling me about his family problems" / "He always tells me about his family problems". In this case we can see, all other things being equal, that the
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