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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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I'm drinking a cup of coffee while I talk to you
I've come across this sentence in BBC English series:
"And I'm drinking a cup of coffee while I talk to you... not exactly at the same time. [note: you can hear tea sipping here] Well, not usually."
It's the first time I've seen Present Continuous and Present Simple used in one sentence like that. What's the meaning of this sentence? I thought you use PC when you talk about something happening at the moment (something temporary), and PS when you talk about something in general. I don't understand how can you say then that you are drinking a cup of coffee (now) while you talk (in general).
Can somebody explain it to me?
"And I'm drinking a cup of coffee while I talk to you... not exactly at the same time. [note: you can hear tea sipping here] Well, not usually."
It's the first time I've seen Present Continuous and Present Simple used in one sentence like that. What's the meaning of this sentence? I thought you use PC when you talk about something happening at the moment (something temporary), and PS when you talk about something in general. I don't understand how can you say then that you are drinking a cup of coffee (now) while you talk (in general).
Can somebody explain it to me?
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Anonymous I don't understand how can you say then that you are drinking a cup of coffee (now) while you talk (in general). Can somebody explain it to me? I would have said, "...
- Anonymous I don't understand how can you say then that you are drinking a cup of coffee (now) while you talk (in general).
- Can somebody explain it to me?
- I would have said, "...
- ".
- In any case, the speaker is not saying anything about "talk (in general)".
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AnonymousI don't understand how can you say then that you are drinking a cup of coffee (now) while you talk (in general).I would have said, "... while I'm talking to you ...". In any case, the speaker is not saying anything about "talk (in general)". The meaning is the same as the meaning with the continuous tense regardle
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