I don’t understand why we use present simple in this sentence
For example “Is it a crisis now and are the prices rising very fast?”
In the first sentence we use present simple but the second sentence present Continuous.Is it correctly? If we have two sentence with long action
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" The verb be does not occur in continuous tenses except under certain very specific conditions which don't apply here. You need to learn which verbs fall into this category. Leka Lucky Are the prices rising very fast?
- " The verb be does not occur in continuous tenses except under certain very specific conditions which don't apply here.
- You need to learn which verbs fall into this category.
- Leka Lucky Are the prices rising very fast?
- Correct.
- The verb 'rise' may be used in the continuous tenses.
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Leka LuckyIs it a crisis now
It should be "Is there a crisis now?"
The verb be does not occur in continuous tenses except under certain very specific conditions which don't apply here. You need to learn which verbs fall into this category.
Leka LuckyAre the prices rising very fast?
Correct. The verb
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